Yeah, I'm generally not a proponent of greasing the stem-handlebar interface as noted in my reply above. But of course a seat post gets greased and is also not designed to move, and many have lubed the stem/bar area to get rid of noise. So assuming the bar and stem are the correct size for one another, I suppose it may be fine. Although I recall one time putting some T-9 on my squeaky saddle springs, and one of the nuts holding the spring undid itself shortly thereafter. DW-40 might actually be better in this application, as it tends to dry sticky.
On Thursday, June 18, 2020 at 2:51:11 AM UTC-4, Sal wrote: > > I was replying to this: "I’m hoping the T9 works its way deeper into the > crevices. I have real stem grease coming via Amazon tomorrow - do you all > think I should add that to the stem/bar interface as well? " > > The stem/bar interface should get nothing, the stem/steerer interface > should get grease, and I'll admit I missed what crevices the T-9 is > supposed to be working its way into... it won't hurt the stem/steerer > interface but it probably won't help much either: a thicker grease is > better there. > > Boeshield is for where you want to lube or prevent corrosion, neither of > which is the case at the handlebar clamp. *Handlebar clamp area should be > clean and dry and the correct size for the stem being used*, otherwise > bar may slip. Worth checking all threads involved (stem bolts) and making > sure the *threads* aren't dry, though. > > > On Wednesday, June 17, 2020 at 11:26:11 PM UTC-7, Joe Bernard wrote: >> >> Sal, she says she used a little Boeshield on it. Is that ok and grease is >> bad, or are you saying nah to both? > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/549a5764-86ba-4cfe-bcb4-ae2965b76f55o%40googlegroups.com.
