Lubrication Table
| What | When | How | |
Maintenance | Pedals | every six months | Put four drops of oil where the axles go into | |
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| the pedals. | ||
Chain | every six months | Put one drop of oil on each roller of the chain. | ||
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| Wipe all excess oil off the chain. | |
| Shift Levers | never | Do not lubricate the shift levers. | |
| Derailleurs | every six months | Put one drop of oil on each pivot point of the | |
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| derailleurs. | |
| Brake Levers | every six months | Put one drop of oil on the pivot point of each | |
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| brake lever. | |
| Cantilever | every six months | Put one drop of oil on the pivot point of each | |
| Brakes |
| cantilever brake. | |
| Brake and | every six months | Put four drops of oil into both ends of each | |
| cable |
| cable. Allow oil to soak back along the cable | |
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| wire. | |
| Rear Sprocket | every six months | Lay the bicycle on its left side. Slowly turn the | |
| Cluster |
| rear wheel clockwise. Put four drops of oil in | |
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| the crack between the rear sprockets (which | |
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| are stationary) and the freewheel body | |
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| (which is turning clockwise). | |
| Shock Fork | every six months | Lift up the rubber fork boot and dab a small | |
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| amount of grease on the fork leg just above | |
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| the plastic bushing. | |
| Spring Shock | never | Do not lubricate the spring shock. |
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