simon k wrote:
Phat Kat wrote:
A smear of oil.
Yep. Not even kidding, just a film. Stops them fretting and welding themselves on and helps with fit.... don't get me wrong, if its lapped properly you'll still have a hard time getting it off, but it won't distroy the tail (rip the skin off it) and it won't "Spring" off... just slide.
I do it on all of mine, and I still have to use the hydro puller at full tilt to get them off,,, but they come off,,, and they don't wreck anything..
I've always wondered if a little bit of grease on the tail would stop any fretting. A tiny bit of oil 'eh
Yeah
... I wouldn't have used grease personally, but it would appear that others are having sucess with it. I went for oil because it was lighter mostly,,,, so it........ gah I don't know it just made me feel better
I was worried (and probably all paranoia) that something as thick as grease could have a bearing on concentricity... I spose the answer is
DON'T PUT IT ON THICK 
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I knew oil would do the job, and being a lower viscosity would be able to flow around more if it was thick in one place or something.... I guess with grease, don't put it on too thick
.... and I don't honestly know what kind off concentric tolerance you're looking at on a crank/flywheel assy..... obviously as close to 0.0000 as possible the better from a balance point of veiw... which was why I reached for 40 wieght oil over grease.
But hey, thats only my thinking, I'm not saying its necessary.... or even necessarily appropriate to a flywheel thats hanging of a looooong tail thats going to whip anyway with different and sudden changes in loads/speeds
