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Oil Change!


Jens Piotrowski SOC

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I run my bearings dry. Oil is in a bearing for two reasons and both of those reasons the bearing needs to be spinning far faster than we will ever get it spinning. Oil is their to transfer heat to the races and cool the bearing and to float debris out of the balls and ball channel

 

For what we do dry is actually the best

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Twenty-three years. Dry. Works best also because the oil film inside the bearing attracts and collects particulate matter which leads to wear and tear. Whatever benefits, however minute, might be achieved by some small amount of a lube, are far outweighed by the drag of fluid in cold temperatures and the collection of solids inside the bearing. Just my .02 from my 23.

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