For Sale: Cheap Speedplay Grease Gun - 10 cents!!
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For Sale: Cheap Speedplay Grease Gun - 10 cents!!
Postby Dr_Mutley » Tue Sep 20, 2011 1:46 pm
Available at a chemist near u....
Steps:
1) remove screw in grease injection port in side of pedal body
2) put desired lubricant in syringe
3) inject lubricant until old lubricant is expelled from crank side of pedal body
4) wipe off old lubricant and replace injection port screw
Refer to pics & video below....
Edit:
The video doesn't want to embed so I'll upload to YouTube shortly....
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For Sale: Cheap Speedplay Grease Gun - 10 cents!!
Postby Dr_Mutley » Tue Sep 20, 2011 10:06 pm
Forgive the quality as I was injecting the grease one handed while holding the iPhone with the other! I guess however, it does demonstrate how easy the process is if I can do it one handed, and proves that u don't need a $40 speedplay grease gun to do the job!
Hope that saves a few quid
Edit:
If anyone has trouble finding a suitable syringe at the chemist or local doctors surgery, drop me a PM and I'll send u some...
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Re: For Sale: Cheap Speedplay Grease Gun - 10 cents!!
Postby scotto » Wed Sep 21, 2011 9:07 am
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For Sale: Cheap Speedplay Grease Gun - 10 cents!!
Postby Dr_Mutley » Wed Sep 21, 2011 11:19 am
But any syringe with 4 or 5 mm of nozzle, which is around 3mm in diameter should work fine...
Just remember the smaller the diameter of the actual plunger of the syringe produces more pressure to squirt to grease in than a syringe with a larger diameter plunger... Hence a 3ml syringe is perfect, but a 5 or 10ml syringe will still probably work ok...
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Re: For Sale: Cheap Speedplay Grease Gun - 10 cents!!
Postby drubie » Wed Sep 21, 2011 11:34 am
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Re-Animator
Does the pedal twitch and go nuts after you inject the re-agent?
but really, that's rubbish. We get none of it because the choices are illusory.
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For Sale: Cheap Speedplay Grease Gun - 10 cents!!
Postby Dr_Mutley » Thu Sep 22, 2011 8:29 pm
Nope but if I sniff the green goo too long I go nuts!drubie wrote:The glowing green goo in the syringe reminds me of this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Re-Animator
Does the pedal twitch and go nuts after you inject the re-agent?
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Re: For Sale: Cheap Speedplay Grease Gun - 10 cents!!
Postby ValleyForge » Fri Sep 23, 2011 11:06 am
Avoid the Luer-lok syringes - just ask for standard taper syringes.Dr_Mutley wrote:Are they medical syringes or syringes made for avid brakes? The medical threaded syringes (clearlink system) are no good as they don't have enough tip to get into the port...
But any syringe with 4 or 5 mm of nozzle, which is around 3mm in diameter should work fine...
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For Sale: Cheap Speedplay Grease Gun - 10 cents!!
Postby Dr_Mutley » Fri Sep 23, 2011 5:46 pm
Yeah they're no good. The luer-loks were what i was referring to as part of the clear link system... No good as not pointy enough...ValleyForge wrote:Avoid the Luer-lok syringes - just ask for standard taper syringes.Dr_Mutley wrote:Are they medical syringes or syringes made for avid brakes? The medical threaded syringes (clearlink system) are no good as they don't have enough tip to get into the port...
But any syringe with 4 or 5 mm of nozzle, which is around 3mm in diameter should work fine...
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Re: For Sale: Cheap Speedplay Grease Gun - 10 cents!!
Postby Schmenz » Mon Oct 24, 2011 9:21 am
my first thought when all the black gunk came out was eewwwww grosss!!! *vom* but i want to go home and try it. when everyone spoke about the maintenance i had been wondering what they were talking about!
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Re: For Sale: Cheap Speedplay Grease Gun - 10 cents!!
Postby bernie01 » Mon Oct 29, 2012 6:31 pm
I used Castrol Marine Grease too, maybe it's a bit thick?
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Re: For Sale: Cheap Speedplay Grease Gun - 10 cents!!
Postby Dr_Mutley » Mon Oct 29, 2012 8:26 pm
Personally I use a thinner, low viscosity grease do there is less resistance to the pedal body turning. The trade off here is I lubricate them much more frequently....
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Re: For Sale: Cheap Speedplay Grease Gun - 10 cents!!
Postby bychosis » Thu Nov 01, 2012 1:53 pm
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Re: For Sale: Cheap Speedplay Grease Gun - 10 cents!!
Postby mitzikatzi » Thu Nov 01, 2012 2:00 pm
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Re: For Sale: Cheap Speedplay Grease Gun - 10 cents!!
Postby bosvit » Thu Nov 01, 2012 10:54 pm
quick microwave?mitzikatzi wrote:If your grease is too "thick" leave it in the sun for a while before using it.
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Re: For Sale: Cheap Speedplay Grease Gun - 10 cents!!
Postby MDL » Sun Nov 04, 2012 3:20 pm
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Re: For Sale: Cheap Speedplay Grease Gun - 10 cents!!
Postby r2160 » Sun Nov 04, 2012 3:32 pm
cheers
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"Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever" Lance Armstrong
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Re: For Sale: Cheap Speedplay Grease Gun - 10 cents!!
Postby mitzikatzi » Sun Nov 04, 2012 3:49 pm
Better "grease life" for the bearings??MDL wrote:That was my next question. What grease do people use?
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