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    Hello my friends,
    I have been running this kind of ballscrew cleaner for the past 4 years now and they work very well in keeping out the most stubborn of dust from the ballnut. You can see how well they work in the photo.
    I take them off about once per year and give them a clean and oil and put them back on.
    All they are is a couple of leather boot laces wrapped around the screw twice and tied off with a twist tie and given a bit of weight with a couple of 20mm nuts. I remember my Grandfather using something similar without the weights on the axles of his pushbike to keep them clean and shiny so I thought I would give the ballscrews the same treatment.
    They are cheap and last forever and require minimal maintenance.
    If you have a cleaning method you use then post it here for us to compare.
    Rich.
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    Quote Originally Posted by baccus61 View Post
    Hello my friends,
    I have been running this kind of ballscrew cleaner for the past 4 years now and they work very well in keeping out the most stubborn of dust from the ballnut. You can see how well they work in the photo.
    I take them off about once per year and give them a clean and oil and put them back on.
    All they are is a couple of leather boot laces wrapped around the screw twice and tied off with a twist tie and given a bit of weight with a couple of 20mm nuts. I remember my Grandfather using something similar without the weights on the axles of his pushbike to keep them clean and shiny so I thought I would give the ballscrews the same treatment.
    They are cheap and last forever and require minimal maintenance.
    If you have a cleaning method you use then post it here for us to compare.
    Rich.
    Hi baccus61

    I really like this old school straight forward solution.


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  4. #3
    I rely on the end seals to keep the dirt out, but that method is neat.

    I also remember bikes having a loop of fabric/leather on the hub to keep them shiny. Also in the UK (and maybe elsewhere?) trucks often put a cloth on the wing mirror stem which flaps around in the breeze and keeps the mirrors clean.
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  5. #4
    I could never understand why you'd want to keep the hub on your bike clean. Whether it was shiny or not made not the slightest difference to its operation. Didn't stop me doing it at one point, mind.

  6. #5
    Same reason why you'd want to file the rough edges off the welding on your DIY router and paint it sexy blue.

    Kit
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