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Originally Posted by techtiger1
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That grease is excellent! What NLGI number do you recommend?
For grease like that, I would probably say #0 or #00 for chains, But I haven't personally run it, so im not sure.
Only downside to using grease on chains is that it can get flung off at speed, and it doesn't really penetrate the side plates unless its thin.
I have run #1 or #2 in gearboxes, but that's a bit thick for chains.
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Originally Posted by jwfoss
Or for lower resource/teams who do not hold tolerances on spacers in the drivetrain. #35 chain is extremely forgiving, in all my years in FRC I've only built one robot without #35 chain in the drive.
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Or for the lowest resource teams, stick with the Kitbot belts, no lubrication, no maintenance, battle tested, simple, comes with instructions and all the parts you need in the kit. If your resources are that low, your time is better spent on things to play the game with.