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Mavic freehub pawls mineral oil?

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flag zoltar
Posted: Oct 15, 2024 at 19:57 Quote
I see its recommended to just use mineral oil when servicing the mavic crossmax slr freehub pawls. Why cant Sram butter or Silkoleum grease be used like it can on my DT Swiss 350 hub? How is light mineral food grade mineral oil better?
flag noahm-05
O+ FL
Posted: Oct 16, 2024 at 9:52 Quote
zoltar wrote:
I see its recommended to just use mineral oil when servicing the mavic crossmax slr freehub pawls. Why cant Sram butter or Silkoleum grease be used like it can on my DT Swiss 350 hub? How is light mineral food grade mineral oil better?

Not sure on the specifics of this, but any free hub oil/grease should be able to be used, most shops use dumonde tech freehub oil/grease. For DT hubs though you should be using DT special grease which any shop should have for really cheap. slickoleum/sram butter are suspension lubricants, which are very light weight, and I would not recommend using them for hub components. If mavic recommends mineral oil, either use that, or pick up some Dumonde Tech Freehub Oil, or have your local shop put a few drops in for you, should be pretty easy and cheap either way.
flag zoltar
Posted: Oct 18, 2024 at 7:38 Quote
Thanks yeah i wondered about the grease as that what my suspension guy uses. Ill go with a mineral oil. Thank you!
flag noahm-05
O+ FL
Posted: Oct 18, 2024 at 13:11 Quote
zoltar wrote:
Thanks yeah i wondered about the grease as that what my suspension guy uses. Ill go with a mineral oil. Thank you!

No problem, from the little research I did do, mavic's mineral oil is thicker than shimano / other brake oil, so I would get the mavic specific stuff
flag zoltar
Posted: Oct 22, 2024 at 9:07 Quote
Turns out its white mineral oil and i found 6 oz 6$ from clipper blade oil Wahl brand used at barber shops
flag ShawMac
O+ FL
Posted: Nov 5, 2024 at 12:44 Quote
It may be that Mavic finds that grease can cause the pawls to get sticky (just a guess). I know grease is common in other freehubs, but I know that in other high load applications (like sailboat winches that use three pawl designs) grease on pawls is a big no-no. Either dry or a very light lube like silicone. I had the pawls stick open on a marine winch once and I ended up in the hospital with a head injury.

While maybe not as a consequential, freehub pawls that stick open are good for a nice surprise spin.
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