To grease or not to grease

[racedezertkx5]

grease bolts ,axles,head tubes,etc.....its cheap insurance and air filters should always a grease seal on them,its not like the stuff is expensive

[azdirtrider75]

Grease is cheap; I grease.

I've always lived by the motto: if you take care of it, it will take care of you. Keep em clean and keep em GREEN!

[grumpy]

I grease the filter/airbox and where the cage and filter meet @ the bolt . always use a pre-filter Notoil is your friend

[Hillclimb#42]

The Pro Seal works great guys. 15 bucks. No Toil is also great, Don. Couple minutes, at most, in the sink, the filter looks brand new. Its a biodegradeable powder cleaner that really knocks it out quickly. Also, I think their cleaner is easier on the foam material, so the filters last a long time. The Pro seal is like a dense foam rubber. Its very sticky on the airbox side, and on the filter side. Now its a bummer to grease the couple bikes we have without the pro seal. It does not leak. With just filter oil to the seal. When filter is removed the Pro seal is still looking brand new. Had them for over 4 years, with No Toil, very happy.

Also, just read that the No toil cleaner does not disolve the seam-glue of air filters, like petroleum products, so they stay in one piece. Saves time, money and parts, can't go wrong with it.

[azracer19]

I grease filter and also use either airfilter spary on oil or the same premix oil i use in the engine (Maxima)

[PowerFiend]

I grease with the NoToil grease. I use this filter oil also.

Note that you can not use this on UNI filters, it breaks down the glue and they fall apart.

I use Twin Air, NoToil, or stock filters without issue. This filter oil also doesn't seem to like sitting for long periods, so I suggest re-cleaning after storage.

Maxima FFT otherwise with standard grease, but cleaning is a pain.

[mr.5thou sand]

for sure. i greese up the lip on my filter. i use bel ray water proof greese and no mater what as long as i ride i will continue to greese my seal around my air filter lip

[lumpy790]

I do NOT grease the filter lip.

back in the day.......we greased because the filters did not seal well against the air box and when the filter pulled away it allowed dirt to drop in. But with the more modern cage, bolted on designs there really is no reason to do it any more.

Can you pull on the inside edge of your filter and pull it out from under the cage? If you cant greasing does nothing but make a mess.

I do however use good air filter oil. I like Bel Ray. I also have 2 spackle tubs.....one for diesel fuel to clean the oil out of the filter (and wash with Polmolive dish soap) and one with filter oil in it so the filter is saturated.....then squeeze the excess back in the tub and pop the lid back on for the next time.  I cut the BelRay filter oil it slightly with gas to thin in out some.

[barryadam]

I do NOT grease the filter lip.

...greasing does nothing but make a mess.

+1

[Swe_K5_89]

I grease. Works good for me.

[blueoval]

I grease, but the Proseal sounds like it does a good job.  If the Proseal works and keeps the crap out of the engine why wouldn't I use it?  I think it's like anything else in life as technology and times changes (sometimes good sometimes bad) and after careful consideration of the situation I may change my mind.

[joogz]

yes i grease also.

[kawi4ever]

I also grease too but i am also old school too, why change something that works so good. 

[dirtjunkie85]

totally grease! why would you risk catosrophic engine failure because you didnt run some cheap grease around the filter rim?? thats like wipin before ya poop, it just doesnt make sense!- larry the cable guy haha

[cutting torch]

I use Transgel. It's easier to clean, since foam filter cleaner dissolves it much better than grease.

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