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Good stuff guy's. I headed out to remove the grease on my bottom bracket 😆

Good on you guys. Love how accessible you make home repairs seem. Keep it up

It would nice to have a list of what all the oils and greases are for exactly.

Entertaining video and very useful. As others have mentioned a list of the various greases you produce and a chart showing where you recommend each one is used would be very helpful. Thanks

You guys crack me up... you're like two little boys playing with their toys :) SO much fun

I love how Calvin looks at his non-existent wrist watch.

YOU TWO are the Bomb!! FUNNY, Entertaining AND Very Informative Thank you!

YEAHHH, thank you for the WH-1!!! Can't wait to receive it

I was kinda hoping for some recommendation on when it is better to use HPG-1 and when PPL-1...

One of The best bike channel on earth ! 👍👍

Nice demo guys 👍🔧

Excellent demonstration.

Calvin is Ninja wrench! If you’re listening Park Tools, give this guy a raise! He is a a stellar technician and a great narrator/teacher. Perfect for this stuff - A++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++!

From 0 up to 100% tests to explain..., those 2 bike lovers always play in great tutorials.

I love tech Tuesday man !!!

For the summer season I made a separate BB setup. I removed the inner seals of my bearings, but I kept the outer ones because of the dust, cleaned all the grease and ditched that plastic bushing/spacer between the cups. Then I drilled some holes on the back side of the cups, where the bearings sit. After that I filled up the bb shell with automatic transmission oil and BOOM - that thing just flies. It takes some additional maintenance, but if you ask me its totally worth it.

WARNING; do not be hypnotized by the non greased swinging crankarm. You may be compelled after viewing it to purchase every PARK TOOL made! 😂😂😂

These grease are not only for bikes only. I use the high performance ones on bearings like found on rotary ones, drills and such.

Super video! Thanks a lot!!

Another great informative and entertaining video

Can stop laughing from the first 40 seconds of the video, awesome content.

Bacon grease! as it heats up it smells so good but then the dogs start chasing you so it becomes a hassle. DO Nawt do it!

Excellent video.

Shout out to the production team for locating a real newspaper. 🤜🤛✌️

Do NAWT run any form of anti-seiz in your bearings. DO NAWTT!! 😆

Très intéressant . Merci beaucoup ! ) 👍

That intro was epic.

Groundskeeper Willie: Have yeh got any grease? Lunchlady Doris: Yes. Yes we do. Groundskeeper Willie: THEN GREEESE ME UP WOMANNN!

another aweseom video thanks guys! I have just come across a PPL-1 in my toolbox (unopened) have had it as a spare and forgotten about it. it has changed color to a sandy yellowy hue.... reckon that could still be used or shall i throw it (and the $$ out the window) ? please advise :O Many thanks! you guys rock!

THANK YOU!

This video is soo good! jajajajajaja thank you guys.

There is a trick and work fantastic. You can use thick grease and ad few drops of oil and it will become hi performance and also stick in place for a long time...

Can you please make a playlist of all the other chemicals used on a bicycle?

I did a corrosion test and the poly lube 1000 beat the high-performance grease

How do I stop the head assembly on my Park Tool PCS-10 from sticking? it won't rotate freely unless I reef on it with a bike or metal tube. i tried WD 40 and grease and no luck. Also, the nut on the thread inside that assembly: should it be snug or allow a little play? Thank you!!

I will speak to my psycologist... Why do I enjoy so much watching video about grease?

what an elegant intro!!

Great video ❤️

Marine Grease is perfect for most parts that can just do push-out grease like most Shimano pedals SPD. Marine grease is extremely water resistant, practically impenetrable but a hassle to clean.

I did your swing test after replacing bearings on my 1970s Fuji race bike using a premium calcium-complex soap grease with Teflon. I got > 30 swings. Something seemed wrong. Ah! I'd left the pedal on. Without the pedal I got 11 swings. Two questions: 1) is lithium or calcium grease better? 2) for this old bike are free or caged bearings better? Thanks!

Aside from those two since those greases are not available on my local hardware stores, can you recommend me what is the suited grease all around for a road bike and mountain bike? my local hardware stores suggested me marine grease and hi-temp grease, which is better?

Good video guys, but not real clear on when and where to use each grease? Maybe it's just me.

What would be a good grease for a bmx freecoaster hub ? 🤔🚲💨

Hello , great channel, my seat post keep sliping and I find myself overtightening the screw on the clamp to keep the seat post in place , I heard that sag2 or asc1 by parktool will do the job but I don't have any , what should I do?and does regular grease good as well?

I would never do it: But I've seen a bike build video in wich he put ASC onto the crank spindle surface. Doesn't that increase the friction of the crank? What do you think about it?

I put anti seize in my bearing races, seems fine... for now hahaha Gotta lean them out and try again :(

you missed to test oils: low, middle, high viscosity, or to put some oil into grease and test, i have problem with angle grinder grease: it is so stiff , it is all around of gearbox but not on teeth, so i mixed some oil into basic mineral calcium grease, to get some viscosity and it works

What about mounting ninja token bottom bracket in carbon frame bike. What grease is best to use to be carbon friendly?

The hpg is worth it. Adheres much better to the bearings and provides better protection from water

WOW what a fun and informative video. QQ I purchased Park tool PPL-1 Greaase. I have always had trouble getting the grease out - too thick. So thick that even kneeling on the tube with my full weight is the only way to get grease out - Whats going on here?

Chris King said in an interview, on race day he didn't put any grease into the bearings.

Man! I gotta check my bearings to see if it has grease

But.... Grease liquifies as it heats up so it would be best to know if the HPG out performs the regular grease after it has run for a while. Chances are it would but still Also the HPG would likely get closer to the no grease option once warmed up

I have a 12 year old tube of PPL-1. Wondering if it's still usable considering it's age. The grease still feels fine on the touch however unsure if there's any expiry on such product. Any advice is appreciated.

Wow .... What a finding......

You guys are great!... and what about using CL-1 chain lube if you are going just for a race? that's what I would use! 👍🏻

is it better to use grease or vasaline

Hi guys, it might be irrelevant to this video, but can I get some advice from you all, I tried using degreaser on my chains to remove stains and try scrubbing it off but there are still some stuck on it. I tried using soap to finish up my cleaning process and its still there, Any advice please? Thanks in advance:)

Two tests that actually indicate the quality of grease are a brake test, and spalling thread test. A brake test has a turns a smooth round metal puck while engaging a mating metal shoe. Measure the imparted torque or power consumed by an electric motor. A battery operated drill would work if you measure the time to battery exhaustion, otherwise use an amp meter to measure power at a specific voltage. The brake shoe should have passive weights stacked or hung from it. A thread-spalling test turns a long piece of thread stock through a matching nut repeatedly until the threads spall. Take pics every 1,000 lengths, or measure imparted torque into the nut as you go. Keep a count until total failure and seizure. All grease will add a minute amount of drag, but that's to be expected. None of that indicates how well it is lubricating under high loads like a crank when ridden by a heavy rider, or friction in a wheel bearing. If you really want to know how well a grease performs in an application turn the bearing until failure and record the time or turn-count to failure. Electric motors make this fairly simple, but take a lot of time to get to failure. Unfortunately, this video is not helpful.

Good vid

Am quite sad I didn’t win the WH-1 😦 They are not available to buy at all where I live in the UK, and not as far as I can tell available anywhere in Europe either... 😳

I fitted a new FSA threaded bottom bracket and a new set of cranks the other day. I cleaned everything and used ppl - 1as well as torque wrench to tighten everything up. After about 10/15 miles on it it started to creak loads. I dissemble , cleaned, greased and retorqued everything. Again after about an hour the creak restarted. Would using copper grease or anti seize stop this? Its driving me mad!!!!

You guys almost invented perpetuum mobile with this no grease trick 👍

How and where use copper compound paste?

ok, so after all that the HPG vs PPL, I still dont know the intended purpose or if there is a definite advantage between the 2 for bearings.

Where Star Lord hangs on weekends...

so for cleat bolts onto shoes, you suggest the asc over the ppl-1?

What about PPL-1 vs HPG-1 for water resistance?

I was expexted that you tell where use lithium based grease and where teflon based

I use water resistant grease,the blue stuff never had any problems with it.

and don't mix up those tubes! wish they looked the different the ASC and the PPL, only after the bearings sounded and felt like crap did I really question why park had changed the grease color. Great video guys.

Try a Hambini bearings

QUESTION!! Should i use the PPL-1 on a thru axel?? And can I use it on pedals aswell??

Ok, so I should nawt, NAWT! put ASC-1 on dynamic surfaces, that is: surfaces that move against each other, but… would it be ok to put it on the whole length of a thru axle? In theory the axle shouldn’t rotate against the static part of the hub, so ASC-1 should be ok, wouldn’t it?… how about on the axle ends and the dropouts?… I’m tending to use this stuff more and more, to avoid noises and to create a protective and water repellent coating

For sealed bearings, according to Hambini and Jon Cannings (GCN Tech), you should only put 1/3 of the volume of grease so you don't create drag inside the bearing with too much grease. The analogy I heard some one else say is that it's like walking through 6 inches of water versus waist-deep water; waist-deep being much more difficult because of the extra drag. Look at this video at the 10 minute mark for more detail: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-hRLbamNQa_0.html

Hey Calvin and Truman I got 65.

You guys are so good! Thanks. I love these videos. (why can't regular school be so fun? )

QUESTION!! Can I use HPG on bolted through axels?

I've just installed a brand new Shimano bb86 bottom bracket with the original grease on it and performed the swing test. The result was as bad as the anti seize in the video. Should I degrease the original grease and apply fresh grease?

Can i apply PP L1 when installing mtb pedals?

How do you clean the grease out your bike ?!? My fixie is so slow and gritty

Today on this old grease

What about anti seize in rotor bolts?

hahaha, i like this guys

you could put to the test Park Tool VS Shimano VS Motorex? it would be great

I use horse meat grease for all my bike components , since my bike is a horse

Would like to know what the difference is between hpg and ppl.

That's just marine grease! come on man

Marine Grease is good on moving parts but anti seize never use it on moving parts, you should only use Anti seize on threaded application where it is weathered heavily like salt water. Anti seize vastly use on marine or Ships.

I am a new mountain biker but I have a hard time finding trails how can I find some

It's like watching bad porn, horrible acting, but funny. Nice vid guys!

Say for example you have a special event, it's dry, 1hr to 2hr long, no dust etc etc how much power could you save by not greasing? Let's say a little oil for comparison? Remove the seals etc etc? How much power is saved?

I'm curious about something. Do professional road cyclists compete with no grease in their front and rear hubs and BB? Since they ride for a sponsor, why would a professional cyclist care if he has to have those three components replaced after a competition? As you have shown, it would give a road cyclist an edge over long distances. Your thoughts are appreciated.

So on seat post is safe to use Anti Seize grease?

I was about to say, who won?

I have to agree with Michael Vila you just made things more confusing instead of making things perfectly clear, Do another video telling us what kind of grease goes where and why that would be a much better video, I have to use my deducting skills on "Game Of Throne" now i'm too tried to figure out I'M ON MY SECOND SEASON NOW trying to figure out who is who and why are they doing that kind of stuff don't know what is what" with this video, on your remake of this video i will be watching for it to come out.

I'm just confused. I probably take my bike to the local shop for things I can easily do myself

Can i use the ppl-1 parktool grease for my rear shock Rockshox Monarch RT3??

108 swings on the swing test with no grease.

It swang 93 times without grease!!