I used Chrisco to grease bearings with good results.

[Rand]

So far hes mangled it quite well but never to the correct spelling so I too suspect him trolling with it

 

[nomas]

Who would have thought you could cause this much of a ruckus by using Crisco to grease bearings ?
I just bought a bottle of Avocado oil to try out . Maybe it will make a good " tire dressing " . Get it ?

 

[kschachn]

Who would have thought you could cause this much of a ruckus by using Crisco to grease bearings ?
I just bought a bottle of Avocado oil to try out . Maybe it will make a good " tire dressing " . Get it ?

Are you sure it isn’t avochado oil?

 

[Pablo]

Are you sure it isn’t avochado oil?

Hahhahahahahaahhahaa winning!!

 

[nthach]

If it was Cisco grease it would cost $10000 to license every year!

Meraki and Aruba has entered the chat. Yes, I know Meraki is a Cisco company, and Aruba is HPE.

 

[nthach]

I have heard of bees wax used as a lubricant, supposed to work well.

Scuba divers use it for drysuit zippers.

1) Never eat anything with Chrisco in it. That stuff will shorten your life!

just wait until you find out alkyd paint - be it old school oil base paint, or the new “hybrid” waterborne alkyds(Benjamin Moore Advance, Sherwin-Williams ProClassic, Behr Urethane Alkyd) starts with the same building block - edible oils. Like soybean and cottonseed oil. Just chemically treated differently.

 

[Gyro Gearloose]

Not wanting to repeat but I didnt see anybody else mention this. The problem with any natural fat or oil is that they are unstable and over a few months time exposed to air will oxidize. The residue is likely to become sticky and/or smelly.

Had to chuckle about the guy that packed a wheel bearing with Crisco. He forgot that applying just a little heat turns it into 0w8 oil.

 

[dogememe]

Meraki and Aruba has entered the chat. Yes, I know Meraki is a Cisco company, and Aruba is HPE.

Aruba Instant On baby! No license no BS.

 

[Carlostrece]

Not wanting to repeat but I didnt see anybody else mention this. The problem with any natural fat or oil is that they are unstable and over a few months time exposed to air will oxidize. The residue is likely to become sticky and/or smelly.

Chrico contains antioxidents. Says so on list of ingredients. If it becomes a problem, I'll get new headtube bearings and pack them with automotive wheel bearing grease.

Had to chuckle about the guy that packed a wheel bearing with Crisco. He forgot that applying just a little heat turns it into 0w8 oil.

3 years later my headtube still has tight tolerances (no slack, wiggles, or wobbles) and rotates easily.

Next time my headtube needs its bearings replaced, my cousin will use automotive wheel bearing grease.

 

[Carlostrece]

Is there a reason you keep writing Chrisco rather than Crisco?

Is it some other product?

It's Crisco. Earlier I didn't know how it's supposed to be spelled. Thanks for pointing that out. I'll try to speller it mo correctly going forward. Thanks

 

[Carlostrece]

You live in modern times, and your head tube bearings are miles ahead in technology than Roman Chariot shaft bearings. Proper grease is readily available and will serve you well. Crisco is lard, and will rot and become rancid, while bringing minimal lubrication benefits to the table. I would imagine you are fairly reliant on these scooters and urge you to work from the playbook. You are playing your own game here, against yourself, and most likely losing.

Crisco is vegetable grease (not lard/animal) and contains antioxidents. Please see ingredients list on a can of Crisco. Obviously it won't last as long as automotive grease, but it's working so far. I'm curious to find out how long it works.

 

[Carlostrece]

What is Chrisco?

What is Chisco?

I meant Crisco. Sorry for my misspelling it.

 

[Carlostrece]

And just maybe he's screwing with people that worry about such things .

The headtube project started as a necesity that turned into an experiment. I thought posting it would be fun and interesting for some folks. I didn't anticipate that some people would become mentally agitated by it. It's just a fun topic about something I did that's working out better than expected and is an ongoing experiment.

If it's not some peoples cup of tea, that's fine. No need for anyone to get upset. I'm not trolling anyone.

Well NOW you've done it. You're going to get this thread shut down.

Back in the 80's I worked with a lady who's husband repacked one of the front wheel bearings on her old Toyota with Crisco. They were moving from Vegas to Phoenix and he wanted her to take the car there. He ran out of grease doing one side and it was too late at night to go get any more so he grabbed the Crisco and packed the other side with it. She made it about 100 miles before the bearing started smoking and burned up. She eventually divorced the idiot...

Yipes! I wouldn't use Crisco in a car wheel bearing because that's a high pressure, high speed, high temp application. Maybe he was trying to kill her?

My headtube is low pressure, low speed, low temp. The headtube bearings nemesis are dirt, dust, sand, and water because the headtube bearings are not sealed.

 

[Carlostrece]

See prior post for context. If a car's wheel bearings can drive 100 miles using Crisco for wheel bearing lube, then it makes sense that it's been holding up in my mobility scooter headtube bearings for 3 years because the headtube is much less demanding.

However, I did today notice a slight looseness in the headtube tolerances. That's a new development. I guess the Crisco coated bearings are done now and in need of replacement.

My other (identical) scooter also has 3 year old headtube bearings, but they still have tight tolerances. That scooter's headtube bearings were lubricated with automotive wheel bearing grease.

So experiment concluded. My cousin will replace the worn headtube bearings and pack them with car wheel bearing grease.

 

[facility1]

go to the local farm type store / hardware or walmart and get a can of general purpose or wheel bearing grease and repack the steering tube and bearing, and clean out old stuff and making sure you properly set the new bearing tension,,,good luck.

 

[Carlostrece]

go to the local farm type store / hardware or walmart and get a can of general purpose or wheel bearing grease and repack the steering tube and bearing, and clean out old stuff and making sure you properly set the new bearing tension,,,good luck.

Setting the headtube bearings tension is always the challenge. Do you have advice for how snug to make them? A mobility scooter headtube is the same as a bicycle headtube, or a like a small motorcycle headtube.

 

[Tdbo]

Is there a reason you keep writing Chrisco rather than Crisco?

Is it some other product?

Generic knockoff? Cost is important.

 

[Strumpan_]

Compounded steam cylinder oils that are blended from petroleum and animal fat are still in use. The fat evidently performs better under hot and wet conditions than the best petroleum oil.

Probably not, just cheaper.

 

[Carlostrece]

Generic knockoff? Cost is important.

As I explained in an earlier post. I didn't know how to spell it. I meant Crisco. I'll spelleeler it mo correctedly from now on. Ite?

 

[CarlB]

Makes you wonder how they greased axles before petroleum was discovered 200 years ago. Probably some sort of rendered fat.

Whale oil. It's still used on the hubble space telescope due to its great freezing performance.