Originally Posted by
J Miller
Hmmmm, I can't remember weather I greased or oiled that gear on our 201.
Probably oiled it but I'm not sure.
I doubt it matters much Joe. I've greased many of them and I think an advantage of using grease is it will stick to the gears a lot longer than oil. The disadvantage would be that it would have a small binding effect and might make the crank a bit heavier. Now I write this I believe it to be true. My 201s did feel slightly heavier to move by hand after greasing but I didn't worry, thinking that at least they're protected.
With oil the only disadvantage would be that it needs to be done more often because (as we all know) oil doesn't stay put very long. S'pose if you have a routine of oiling every so often and don't forget to include the gears you win
Tri-flow would probably be the best thing to oil it with: I think it stays on a lot longer than regular SM oil.