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Wait. Do you have bearings that are 3 seasons old that don't look more or less like that?Quote:
Originally Posted by jackstraw
That looks pretty much like every bearing in every location on every bike I've ever owned after a year or two.
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Toast, you know I'm a mechanic jong! I don't know wtf I'm doing, but I go all in and look to you guys on what to do! I've certainly learned a lot in the past 5 plus years since my lbs closed who I loved supporting...'cause he had a keg in the shop [emoji16]...but I manage to screw something up every time I dive into a fix.Quote:
Originally Posted by toast2266
My new lbs is great too, but I'm enjoying learning how to fix my own stuff.
The answer from Hayes support, in case a "Mara hardware" search brings someone here:Quote:
Originally Posted by NuMexJoe
"You can absolutely press those bushings out and should so you can enjoy asap."
And who doesn't enjoy asap?Quote:
Originally Posted by NuMexJoe
What are the expert takes on integrated charger pumps like the JoeBlow Booster and Bontrager Flash Charger - versus separate floor pumps and boost/charge cans?
FWIW, I use a compressor with digital Chuck at home. Just looking for a road trip solution should a tire change become necessary.
I have the airshot and I absolutely love it. I think if you already travel with a pump that goes up to 160 PSI its a cheap and super effective way to go. One thing that is a pain is I really like using the specialized 0-40 PSI pump for more accurate day to day use, so I end up traveling with that, a high pressure pump and then the airshot which is a bit cumbersome and makes me wish I had an intergrated one with a low pressure circuit as well as the booster.
I've had the bontrager flash charger for a couple years. I like it, and mostly just use it as a regular pump - the digital gauge seems reasonably accurate, it has a bleed valve, and the head works well.Quote:
Originally Posted by SchralphMacchio
I've used the charger chamber a handful of times and it works as advertised. Seated tires without issue (although I don't think any of the tires I was seating were particularly finicky).
Knowing what I know now, I'd buy it again.
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For road trips I just bring a handful of CO2 cartridges. It's pretty seldom I need to change a tire during a trip and CO2 has always been reliable getting tubeless tires to seat.
I have an ARB compressor installed in my truck as well and can use that too. It generally works but sometimes I have to resort to CO2 even at home.
At home - I prefer the airshot over the compressor for seating tires anyway…. However it is stupidly overpriced for what it is…
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I have the Lezyne Pressure Over Drive, I not a fan, I use it once in while to seat tires in the field. But would rather take a low volume accurate pump and some c02s.
this must have been covered already, maybe someone can point me in the right direction
weeping shimano caliper pistons... are all my pad contamination nightmares due to pushing pistons back in without oiling/lubing first? do i need new seals?
If they're leaking I'd say yes.Quote:
Originally Posted by westoxified
I fiddled with the Lezyne version at a shop. It had a nice digital guage and normal lezyne feel until you get to the lever to activate the air can...which felt kinda cheap and janky.Quote:
Originally Posted by SchralphMacchio
Also, when using it as a regular pump, it seems like you have to first bring the air chamber up to pressure before air starts going into the tire. That seems...dumb? 95% of the time you reach for the floor pump it is just to top off air, not to seat a tire.
I do want something slightly less ghetto than taking apart my garden sprayer and mashing the tube onto my valve stem every time I can't seat a tire with my floor pump. Which is...most of the time since it is not a very high volume pump.
Or to save me from driving to the gas station that just has a simple hose connected to a compressor...that one works every time but is annoying (especially when there's already a bunch of sealant in the tire)
Sometimes I feel like I've been living in a cave reading these threads. I've never heard of these fancy pump things! Maybe because I have a compressor so never had a need, but off-site could be convenient.
I only buy Maxxis tires but using a ratchet strap or a loop of rope tightened down over the tread to spread the beads against the rim I've never had a problem seating tires just using a Beto floor pump,
I bought one of those 18v Milwaukee Tools portal digital pumps. So far, setting it to 40 psi has set every bead I have used it on.
It is also perfect to bring in the truck on trips and at the trailhead
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You know, I keep a handful of ratchet straps in my truck at all times …Quote:
Originally Posted by XXX-er
And I also keep a Ryobi One+ digital gauge inflator in the truck as well …Quote:
Originally Posted by gretch6364
So maybe a $5 Schrader to Presta adapter and you all saved me from getting a $70 airshot or a $160 Bontrager Flash / JoeBlow Booster …. [emoji16]
^^^ fwiw, 70% of the time I can get a tire to seat with a regular pump without additional fuckery. The rest of the time I use a compressor or airshot type pump. I've tried the ratchet strap many times and have succeeded in seating a difficult tire with it zero times. Haven't bothered with the little battery powered inflaters because the consensus on here was that they don't move enough air quickly enough to seat a tough tire.
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I borrowed a Lezyne Overdrive when I had a tire that dropped a bead after deflating overnight after installation. I was on the road and couldn’t get it seated again with my pump. I bought a Topeak version after that. But even that wouldn’t seat an enduro casing Conti on my wife’s Reserve rims- I needed a compressor. Now that I have a compressor in my garage, I rarely use the hand pump, but I would travel with it. Over the last ~dozen years I haven’t had many tires that wouldn’t seat with a hand pump, though (Stans and DT rims).
How about just carrying a roll of duct tape?
Has anyone heard of Chepark brand?
https://www.chepark.com/en/products/...5-bic-860.html
Was going to buy Shimano for a brake bleed and they only have the above. I have personally never heard of them so am a bit hesitant.
^^^ never heard of them, but I'd venture a guess that there's like 3 or 4 factories in the world making this sort of mineral oil, and everything is just rebranded versions of more or less the same stuff.
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Good point and I respect that. As a guy who's used pharmacy mineral oil in XTR brakes when he was younger and poorer this is appreciated.Quote:
Originally Posted by toast2266
You’ll know it’s the good stuff when you catch a whiff of baby’s butt perfume in the air as you’re on the threshold of locking up on a 40 degree don’t fall slab ride!
slow lever return on some shimano's back in the day was scoped down to pharmacy mineral oil, not sure of all the were for & what have ya's but it might have been cold