Bicycle Repair Cleaning parts. Cleaning parts can be done with a cleaning solution of some kind, with a rag or stiff brush, or a power washer. A couple of notes about cleaning products: * Solvents must be thoroughly cleaned off parts that are to be re-lubricated. Residual solvent will have a solvent effect on the replacement lubricant. * Even a bio-degradable solvent will have whatever substance it removed mixed in with it after use, and thus must be treated according to both the laws applicable to the solvent itself and the dissolved substances. [edit] Power Washer Using a power washer is an option in some situations, but care must be taken not to displace grease from parts. A high pressure stream of water is capable of displacing the grease from a bearing surface, including from sealed bearings, which are not designed to be lubricated by the user.
Cleaning parts can be done with a cleaning solution of some kind, with a rag or stiff brush, or a power washer. A couple of notes about cleaning products:
Using a power washer is an option in some situations, but care must be taken not to displace grease from parts. A high pressure stream of water is capable of displacing the grease from a bearing surface, including from sealed bearings, which are not designed to be lubricated by the user.
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