depends on the use case, i stole the pot of vaseline from my wife's makeup cabinet to grease my bicycle chain, but i wouldn't put Vaseline on my airgun, tools or any electric motor, use propper grease or oil for those.
It's terrific O-ring and seal lubricant used in aviation (me jet mech) and automatic transmission rebuilds to lube seals and hold check balls in place.
ATF butt putty is available in green and blue for contrast. For example use blue to distinguish from ATF leaks and ur mums menstrual lake oozing from the floor.
Yup. I've rebuilt many automatic transmissions using Vaseline. I usually use silicone grease on o-rings in other stuff like hydraulic cylinder rebuilds, but in reality Vaseline works well there too. Sometimes a little silicone grease on a hard to push on hose works wonders too, just make sure you clamp er down good n tight. Speaking of which squirt your worm gear hose clamps with a bit of wd-40 or similar lubricant and you can crank them down much tighter with the same amount of torque. Most of them are so dry that they don't want to tighten properly...
A bicycle chain is exposed to the elements. Vaseline is extra tacky and will pick up all dust and dirt and turn into polishing/grinding compound. What you usually want for bicycles is light oil, because you will want to clean it off regularly anyhow, and it is a lot easier to clean light oil than it is to clean Vaseline.
I would advocate Vaseline only if you plan on riding a lot under the rain such that the light oil would wash off and lose lubrication. But then I would still advise to clean it off before going on a "dry" ride.
I've ridden bikes for decades and have never cleaned a chain. How exactly do you clean in between the parts and inside the roller parts, which is where the wear will happen. But then I've never bought any lycra so what do I know.
those chain cleaner c**ts that guy posted are a waste and the chain ends up even dirtier. i just soak the chain in some degreaser for a while, shake the tray around, rinse it off and re-oil. if you leave the chain on the bike just wipe it down with a rag, its not gonna get clean that way. i would probably clean a chain 2 or 3 times before it was stretched and needed replacement. if you ride a single speed, there is no point, just occasionally wipe it down and let the chain and sprocket run into the ground together
Dig through a car’s service center’s trash, we throw out these grease cartridges (they look like caulking tubes) and there’s usually some grease left in the tube.
this. never under estimate the power of dumpster diving. a trailer place also uses a lot of grease you probably find cans in their trash from repacking bearings.
It's not about being unable to afford it, it's about the moral principles involved. Some people don't want to fall for the tricks of Big Grease.
The same """people""" who suppress free energy and water-fuelled engines are the same people who don't want you to know that bacon grease is a cromulent substitute for motor oil.
Makes me miss when my dad worked at a fleet shop. They'd throw out 5 gallon hydraulic oil buckets that were still 1/4 full, you could just go in and get a coffee can full of red grease, pump some gear oil out of the drum, pillage through the scrap bin.
> dumpster diving
Those days are gone.
Around here, construction sites, dumpsters, and recycling centres are all heavily guarded, and they have full time security watching them at all times.
The ones that the don’t, there’s a bunch of professional scrappers in white vans hanging around waiting for someone to drop something of any value. They wait in a line/queue for hours like taxis at a concert. I see some trucks parked next to them for days sometimes.
It used to be people would dump electronics recycling behind staples, I saw an old Indian-branded flatscreen TV dropped off there once, I stopped to get out and look at it, and a security guy was on me in about 30 seconds. This was way after-hours, like 10 pm.
>after hours
That's the problem. I'm sure they have had a break-in before, or once some guy dumped a bunch of pure garbage, like fire damaged TVs and such. They probably even have a policy that forbids dumping stuff after hours. Come during day time and I'm sure nobody would bat an eye, as long as you are polite.
For sure. I worked at a store and next to us was a Dunkin Donuts that would close at 10p. Like clockwork, ten minutes before close, a bunch of friends of the employees would come pick up a trash bag full of donuts and what was left.
They closed that loophole years ago for things like nintendo switches… they are all serial numbered and returns are counted at the end of the day like cash. Then they’re destroyed—working or not.
They’d rather destroy them then let them get into the hands of some kid from poor family.
On trucks sure. On cars, only "performance" replacement parts will have grease ports. It's a double-edge sword because you will find that "sealed" equivalents will usually last a lot longer without maintenance. But if you don't mind getting under your car once or twice a year to pump grease until the old grease comes out, then those parts will last a lifetime.
>looks at Ears >looks at petroleum jelly >looks at himself >ears are cheaper u just can't beat capitalism >proceeds to pop his ear drums >legends form in the town about a fantastical tragic genius who popped his ears out of shear dispare at an very fine mechanical contraptions
Just buy it and save us from seeing ur Van Gogh arc
under car wheel dust bearing caps, globs of grease can be found.
autozone stores you can find abandoned used oil
you can go to the food bank and sometimes get free cooking oil
5th wheel grease on semi trucks. You could always just go up to a parked one and scrape some off, OR you could straight up ask a trucker to squirt some into a ziplock bag for you. Chances are he might even just give you a free tube (but be prepared to be asked why). It's basically marine grease. It's water proof and it doesn't degrade and dry up like used motor oil (to cite one example). Another trick is that you might be sitting on some good grease right now. Office chairs have grease on the chair cylinder that's pretty good because it's meant to last a long time. I don't know exactly what it's made of, but based on my experience touching it, it feels a lot like marine grease.
i scrape it off your mom's greasy face.
trippps checked.
depends on the use case, i stole the pot of vaseline from my wife's makeup cabinet to grease my bicycle chain, but i wouldn't put Vaseline on my airgun, tools or any electric motor, use propper grease or oil for those.
Thats moronic
why? Vaseline is used as an industrial lubricant all the time
It's terrific O-ring and seal lubricant used in aviation (me jet mech) and automatic transmission rebuilds to lube seals and hold check balls in place.
ATF butt putty is available in green and blue for contrast. For example use blue to distinguish from ATF leaks and ur mums menstrual lake oozing from the floor.
Yup. I've rebuilt many automatic transmissions using Vaseline. I usually use silicone grease on o-rings in other stuff like hydraulic cylinder rebuilds, but in reality Vaseline works well there too. Sometimes a little silicone grease on a hard to push on hose works wonders too, just make sure you clamp er down good n tight. Speaking of which squirt your worm gear hose clamps with a bit of wd-40 or similar lubricant and you can crank them down much tighter with the same amount of torque. Most of them are so dry that they don't want to tighten properly...
I guess if you like grinding compound in your drivetrain its fine
A bicycle chain is exposed to the elements. Vaseline is extra tacky and will pick up all dust and dirt and turn into polishing/grinding compound. What you usually want for bicycles is light oil, because you will want to clean it off regularly anyhow, and it is a lot easier to clean light oil than it is to clean Vaseline.
I would advocate Vaseline only if you plan on riding a lot under the rain such that the light oil would wash off and lose lubrication. But then I would still advise to clean it off before going on a "dry" ride.
>you will want to clean it off regularly anyhow,
I've ridden bikes for decades and have never cleaned a chain. How exactly do you clean in between the parts and inside the roller parts, which is where the wear will happen. But then I've never bought any lycra so what do I know.
those chain cleaner c**ts that guy posted are a waste and the chain ends up even dirtier. i just soak the chain in some degreaser for a while, shake the tray around, rinse it off and re-oil. if you leave the chain on the bike just wipe it down with a rag, its not gonna get clean that way. i would probably clean a chain 2 or 3 times before it was stretched and needed replacement. if you ride a single speed, there is no point, just occasionally wipe it down and let the chain and sprocket run into the ground together
>I've ridden bikes for decades and have never cleaned a chain.
Why start now? Seems to be working fine for you :DDDD
No vasoline in romqnia
bullshit, i lived there for 8 months (Constanta) and im 100% sure ive seen it in the supermarket.
no supermarkets in romania
>anon becomes the neighborhood grease thief scraping it off people's 5th wheel hitches in the night
Why you have to make-a the fun?
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Next time you buy bacon, sausage, or cook burgers/ground beef opt for the highest fat % selections and pour the grease in an old coffee tin.
Strain it through a coffee filter to get out the chunks.
Dig through a car’s service center’s trash, we throw out these grease cartridges (they look like caulking tubes) and there’s usually some grease left in the tube.
That’s going to be reasonably high quality stuff.
this. never under estimate the power of dumpster diving. a trailer place also uses a lot of grease you probably find cans in their trash from repacking bearings.
half a kilo of standard grease costs 5€ where i live
how poor are you?
It's not about being unable to afford it, it's about the moral principles involved. Some people don't want to fall for the tricks of Big Grease.
The same """people""" who suppress free energy and water-fuelled engines are the same people who don't want you to know that bacon grease is a cromulent substitute for motor oil.
you don't need free grease, you need to take your meds
>you don't need free grease
That's exactly what a shill for Valvoline or Jiffy Lube would say
Love the stock photo of a sealed bearing with grease around it. Gr8 B8 OP.
Makes me miss when my dad worked at a fleet shop. They'd throw out 5 gallon hydraulic oil buckets that were still 1/4 full, you could just go in and get a coffee can full of red grease, pump some gear oil out of the drum, pillage through the scrap bin.
> dumpster diving
Those days are gone.
Around here, construction sites, dumpsters, and recycling centres are all heavily guarded, and they have full time security watching them at all times.
The ones that the don’t, there’s a bunch of professional scrappers in white vans hanging around waiting for someone to drop something of any value. They wait in a line/queue for hours like taxis at a concert. I see some trucks parked next to them for days sometimes.
It used to be people would dump electronics recycling behind staples, I saw an old Indian-branded flatscreen TV dropped off there once, I stopped to get out and look at it, and a security guy was on me in about 30 seconds. This was way after-hours, like 10 pm.
>after hours
That's the problem. I'm sure they have had a break-in before, or once some guy dumped a bunch of pure garbage, like fire damaged TVs and such. They probably even have a policy that forbids dumping stuff after hours. Come during day time and I'm sure nobody would bat an eye, as long as you are polite.
It's also a method of stealing. Toss goodies in the dumpster during your closing shift, come back at midnight to retrieve them.
For sure. I worked at a store and next to us was a Dunkin Donuts that would close at 10p. Like clockwork, ten minutes before close, a bunch of friends of the employees would come pick up a trash bag full of donuts and what was left.
They closed that loophole years ago for things like nintendo switches… they are all serial numbered and returns are counted at the end of the day like cash. Then they’re destroyed—working or not.
They’d rather destroy them then let them get into the hands of some kid from poor family.
They have to throw out the old stuff, so why do you care if someone eats them or they get destroyed?
Because their homosexual friends aren't going to buy donuts if they can get them for free.
There's at least a half dozen of these on every car. Check front suspension and U-joints. Now get to work.
On trucks sure. On cars, only "performance" replacement parts will have grease ports. It's a double-edge sword because you will find that "sealed" equivalents will usually last a lot longer without maintenance. But if you don't mind getting under your car once or twice a year to pump grease until the old grease comes out, then those parts will last a lifetime.
"greeeese is expensssive"
>Squatch253, after seeing a bushing and blade rod-end cut completely in half by being run dry.
Perform liposuction on yourself
its free at the store if you just don't pay for it
become a barber in an italian neighborhood
Hunt boars and render their fat.
Scrape it out of the drain pipes under your kitchen sink.
>looks at Ears
>looks at petroleum jelly
>looks at himself
>ears are cheaper u just can't beat capitalism
>proceeds to pop his ear drums
>legends form in the town about a fantastical tragic genius who popped his ears out of shear dispare at an very fine mechanical contraptions
Just buy it and save us from seeing ur Van Gogh arc
Under your foreskin you fat frick. If you’re circumcised then idk
Also, a gob of grease along with gear oil in your differential is great for increasing coverage and protection
under car wheel dust bearing caps, globs of grease can be found.
autozone stores you can find abandoned used oil
you can go to the food bank and sometimes get free cooking oil
5th wheel grease on semi trucks. You could always just go up to a parked one and scrape some off, OR you could straight up ask a trucker to squirt some into a ziplock bag for you. Chances are he might even just give you a free tube (but be prepared to be asked why). It's basically marine grease. It's water proof and it doesn't degrade and dry up like used motor oil (to cite one example). Another trick is that you might be sitting on some good grease right now. Office chairs have grease on the chair cylinder that's pretty good because it's meant to last a long time. I don't know exactly what it's made of, but based on my experience touching it, it feels a lot like marine grease.
Hobo foreskins. They appreciate the cleaning and a ripe hobo can yield several ounces if you also harvest the butt pustules.