{"id":81594,"date":"2008-09-01T13:04:04","date_gmt":"2008-09-01T04:04:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/?p=81594"},"modified":"2026-09-24T13:41:16","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T04:41:16","slug":"steering-maintenance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/20080901\/everyday-events\/steering-maintenance","title":{"rendered":"Steering maintenance"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"decob-333051408\" class=\"decob- decob-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/advertise\" aria-label=\"ad_sample_1456_180_1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/ad_sample_1456_180_1.png\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/ad_sample_1456_180_1.png 1456w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/ad_sample_1456_180_1-300x37.png 300w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/ad_sample_1456_180_1-1024x127.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/ad_sample_1456_180_1-768x95.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1456px) 100vw, 1456px\" width=\"812\" height=\"100\"   \/><\/a><\/div><p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/imp\/674393_56456470_4.jpg\" \/><br \/>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/imp\/674393_56456470_5.jpg\" \/><br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>Now, I&#8217;ve tried all kinds of grease over the years, but~<br \/>\nSofter grease works better, but it leaks when it gets hot.<br \/>\nBut is it because modern grease is better? I&#8217;m not sure?<br \/>\nNewtech&#8217;s NC-100 is showing really excellent results.<br \/>\nThe handling is light and responsive, and there&#8217;s very little fluid leakage.<br \/>\nFluid leakage = the frame gets hot from the heat, the grease liquefies and leaks out (I made up that name myself).<br \/>\nBack in the day I used hard grease to prevent leaks, but it was still so-so.<br \/>\nIf you assemble it properly, the handlebar won&#8217;t stay straight even when the bike is on the side stand.<br \/>\n*Some bikes have seals that don&#8217;t work well, so don&#8217;t get confused.<br \/>\n*It also depends on the angle of the side stand.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Now, I&#8217;ve tried all kinds of grease over the years, but~ Softer grease works better, but it leaks when it gets hot. But is it because modern grease is better? I&#8217;m not sure? Newtech&#8217;s NC-100 is showing really excellent results. The handling is light and responsive, and there&#8217;s very little fluid leakage. Fluid leakage = the frame gets hot from the heat, the grease liquefies and leaks out (I made up that name myself). Back in the day I used hard grease to prevent leaks, but it was still so-so. If you assemble it properly, the handlebar won&#8217;t stay straight even when the bike is on the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":81593,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pochipp_cv_data":"","swell_btn_cv_data":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1924],"tags":[55],"class_list":["post-81594","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-everyday-events","tag-old-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81594","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81594"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81594\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81593"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81594"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}