Coaster Brake skweeks

[banana seat Brian]

ok so what would make a coaster brake skweek when you put your foot back to brake?and not just a little,,,,loud

 

[user 135]

Probably time for some grease.
http://www.troubleshooters.com/bicycles ... erhaul.htm

 

[banana seat Brian]

yes I took it apart at repacked everything with lots of grease,,,and while i was at it i i took apart 4 more and did the same thing...

 

[SkidMark]

Hard to say without knowing what brand of coasterbrake it is, they are all just a little different, and different things cause them to malfunction.

 

[mastershake916]

What kind of grease? As in, what's the dropping point (temperature, should be on the label)?

 

[banana seat Brian]

i use red devil.
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl= ... l%26sa%3DN

 

[GodHatesCleveland]

Would this be a coaster brake wheel with a high spoke count, perhaps?

 

[Unchained]

If your hub has an oil port, I reccomend putting a fair amount of clean SAE30 motor oil in the port. I have a hand pump oil can which I use to give the hub several good shots of oil, then keeping the port facing upwards at all times, flip the bicycle upside down and alternate driving/braking it to spread the oil around inside the hub. If you oil a coaster brake and then let it sit, the oil will run out the side and down the spokes or will drip out the oil port as it's not spread evenly inside the hub. I keep the wheel positioned so that the oil port is up untill I've ridden it a good bit. This should kill the squeak. I thoroughly clean all the internal mechanical componeents of a coaster brake in clean gas before lubrication.

 

[mastershake916]

i use red devil.
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl= ... l%26sa%3DN

I would stay away from this grease for coaster brakes, they give you absolutely no information about the temperature which it will be stable at.
Many people also say that many bicycle specific grease are just other grease rebranded.
For coaster brakes, get marine grease which has a dropping point of 590 degrees F, they have if at Home Depot for $3.69.
You could also opt for "disk brake grease" (for cars), the dropping point for this is like 520 degrees F.

If your hub has an oil port, I reccomend putting a fair amount of clean SAE30 motor oil in the port. I have a hand pump oil can which I use to give the hub several good shots of oil, then keeping the port facing upwards at all times, flip the bicycle upside down and alternate driving/braking it to spread the oil around inside the hub. If you oil a coaster brake and then let it sit, the oil will run out the side and down the spokes or will drip out the oil port as it's not spread evenly inside the hub. I keep the wheel positioned so that the oil port is up untill I've ridden it a good bit. This should kill the squeak. I thoroughly clean all the internal mechanical componeents of a coaster brake in clean gas before lubrication.

I would stay even farther away from oil, they may have oil ports, but they need grease.
Furthermore, coaster brakes need high temperature gease, since they can really get hot.