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Jay Smith

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Aug 14, 2002, 9:07:13 PM8/14/02
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Hello I just bought the Lightning 05 skates and I have heard that
grease is too thick to put on microbearings, is this true? If it is
then I will use an oil lubricant, has anyone tried this Castrol
lubricant? Thanks for your advise, Jay. Here is a link to the
lubricant I mentioned,

http://bladinaction.com/sck/parts/maintenance/misc/images/castrol.cfm

Bob Cardone

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Aug 16, 2002, 10:27:10 PM8/16/02
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spy...@hotmail.com (Jay Smith) wrote:


I have had some luck with the Gels like Sonic Gel, TK Gel etc.. on
Micro Bearings.

Not familiar with the Castrol stuff..


Bob

David Off

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Aug 17, 2002, 7:28:19 AM8/17/02
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Bob Cardone wrote:
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> Not familiar with the Castrol stuff..

Castrol used to be a trade name for Caster Oil which is an oil made from
the Caster Bean. Caster oil,Sun Flower oil, Rape Seed oil, it is
probably all pretty much ok for lubing bearings for in-line skates.
They would probably run ok on lard to be honest. We not exactly talking
rocket science here.

David

Bob Cardone

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Aug 17, 2002, 7:51:57 AM8/17/02
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David Off <david.off_d...@voila.fr> wrote:


In the US, Castrol ( brand) is a very popular brand of high quality
motor oil used in Autos, Boats etc....

I use Castor oil in the fuel in my Helicopter engines, and it is
spelled with a o. It is used in small quantities to boost the lube
quality of fuel and act as a rust preventative. It is rather nasty
smelling and messy stuff, and I wouldn't recommend it for a bearing
lube on skates..
http://www.campbell-uv.com/castor.html


Bob

David Off

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Aug 17, 2002, 8:28:57 AM8/17/02
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Bob Cardone wrote:
> David Off <david.off_d...@voila.fr> wrote:
>
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>>Bob Cardone wrote:
>>
>>>Not familiar with the Castrol stuff..
>>
>>Castrol used to be a trade name for Caster Oil which is an oil made from
>>the Caster Bean. Caster oil,Sun Flower oil, Rape Seed oil, it is
>>probably all pretty much ok for lubing bearings for in-line skates.
>>They would probably run ok on lard to be honest. We not exactly talking
>>rocket science here.
>>
>>David
>
>
>
> In the US, Castrol ( brand) is a very popular brand of high quality
> motor oil used in Autos, Boats etc....
>
> I use Castor oil in the fuel in my Helicopter engines, and it is
> spelled with a o.

Yeah Bob, that is the stuff, spelt with an o or an e, from Castrol's web
site:

Castrol B353
A high performance oil employing castor oil for utmost wear for high
revving, dry sump engines. SAE40

Hence the name.

You can also use it as a laxitive.

David

B Fuhrmann

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Aug 17, 2002, 12:50:20 PM8/17/02
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"Jay Smith" wrote...

> Hello I just bought the Lightning 05 skates and I have heard that
> grease is too thick to put on microbearings, is this true? If it is
> then I will use an oil lubricant, has anyone tried this Castrol
> lubricant? Thanks for your advise, Jay. Here is a link to the
> lubricant I mentioned,

"too thick" depends on what you want. If you use a small amount of grease,
the bearings will not roll quite as fast as if you use a gel or oil but you
will not have to relube them as soon.

Actually, almost any lubricant will work in skate bearings. The loads on
bearings is relatively light and the number of times you turn them while
skating is much less than they would get in the uses that they were designed
for.

People use grease, various skate gels and oils, gun oil, sewing machine oil,
motor oil and many other lubricants depending on what they like and the
bearings survive.

Jay Smith

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Aug 17, 2002, 3:53:01 PM8/17/02
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Bob Cardone <cardone1!@!mindspring.com> wrote in message news:<r1drlu4cbtkullhjq...@4ax.com>...

Do you know where I can purchase any of these lubricants online? Thanks, Jay.

Bob Cardone

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Aug 17, 2002, 11:14:20 PM8/17/02
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spy...@hotmail.com (Jay Smith) wrote:


Go to the bottom of this page $4 a tube

http://www.edsbearings.com/

Bob

Jay Smith

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Aug 17, 2002, 11:58:04 PM8/17/02
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"B Fuhrmann" <fuhr...@cpinternet.DELETE.com> wrote in message news:<ulsvot7...@corp.supernews.com>...

I appoligize what I meant by "too thick" was, will grease slow down
microbearings more than a regular 608 bearing. If so I will go with
an oil or gel lubricant. Do you know of any websites that sell gel
lubricants online?

Thanks,

Jay

Bob Cardone

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Aug 18, 2002, 8:17:23 AM8/18/02
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>I appoligize what I meant by "too thick" was, will grease slow down
>microbearings more than a regular 608 bearing. If so I will go with
>an oil or gel lubricant. Do you know of any websites that sell gel
>lubricants online?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Jay

It has been my experience with 2 different sizes of microbearings,
that greasing them is difficult at best. Gel or oil is a much easier
way to lube them , although I prefer to use grease due to it's
lasting power. That is why I switched back to 608s

Bob

B Fuhrmann

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Aug 18, 2002, 8:54:58 AM8/18/02
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> "B Fuhrmann" wrote ...

> > People use grease, various skate gels and oils, gun oil, sewing machine
oil,
> > motor oil and many other lubricants depending on what they like and the
> > bearings survive.

"Jay Smith" <spy...@hotmail.com> wrote ...


> I appoligize what I meant by "too thick" was, will grease slow down
> microbearings more than a regular 608 bearing. If so I will go with
> an oil or gel lubricant. Do you know of any websites that sell gel
> lubricants online?

I don't use microbearings so I can't say for sure. I suspect that the
difference is minimal after they break in (note for Bob C, we are talking
about GREASED bearings) as long as you use small amounts of grease. If I
was using them for racing (the only thing I would use them for), I would use
oil just because it would be slightly better.

If you do a web search for - inline skate oil price - you will find many
places. I suspect that most places that sell skate parts also sell oil and
gels. I'm not sure that it would be worth the shipping charges to just
order oil or gel. Tossing it in with an order for bearings and wheels makes
more sense.

I generally don't mail order parts because I have two mail order parts
vendors that I see regularly. I can pick up stuff directly from them.

I know that Rollerbob (www.rollerbob.com\) has gel and oil in the parts area
of his web site.


B Fuhrmann

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Aug 18, 2002, 12:45:10 PM8/18/02
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"Bob Cardone" wrote ...

> It has been my experience with 2 different sizes of microbearings,
> that greasing them is difficult at best. Gel or oil is a much easier
> way to lube them , although I prefer to use grease due to it's
> lasting power. That is why I switched back to 608s

Absolutely. It is hard enough to get a consistent small amount of grease in
the appropriate locations in a 608 bearing.

The only way I could see of doing it well on a 688 would be to use an
applicator like the ones the gels come in. I just (between getting the mail
and writing this) filled one with a "waterproof" bicycle grease to see how
that works.

I cleaned some YAK bearings that I have been using for everyday skating
after skating about 6 miles through very very light rain on Friday. They
work well for that but it looks like the material the races are made of are
not very rust resistant. I didn't get around to them till Saturday and the
outsides were discolored. I was amazed at how much crud came out of them in
the cleaning but they all roll reasonably well. They will get the grease to
see how well it helps.

My Labeda (Zero Drag) bearings did a much better job of surviving heavier
rain for the last half of the Big Granite marathon. However, I did rinse
them out with WD40 within 2 hours rather than waiting about 12.


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