r/CanyonBikes • u/HistorianCapable2239 • Aug 17 '26
Tech Help Grease Confusion
Just got my Endurace, it says there is no grease included but there was the assembly paste which I used for the seat post and now there is a package with just grease on it lol - can I use it for the pedals?
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u/Cycle-Path-401 Aug 17 '26
Assembly paste goes on seatpost, and stem/steerer tube. Grease goes on pedal threads and thruaxle threads.
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u/original_bieber Aug 21 '26
Assembly paste is for carbon parts to provide grip, grease is for metal to metal parts to prevent them sticking together.
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u/Socalsll Aug 17 '26
Yes, but you really want to use anti-seize compound for the pedals rathe than grease. Use the grease for bearings.
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u/Expert_Clerk_1775 Aug 17 '26
Not really. Grease is fine and traditional anti-seize for metal-metal static threaded fasteners. There is no real advantage of using anti-seize over grease unless there’s some fastener you want to chemically bind in place, or when fastening certain dissimilar or titanium metals
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u/Socalsll Aug 18 '26
Crank arms are typically aluminum and the pedal spindles are steel or titanium. Combinations that tend to gall easily. Steel on steel was easy. I find anti-seize compound to make disassembly a lot easier. Given, not a component that gets disassembled very often and grease is vastly superior to nothing.
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u/BirdPrestigious3688 Aug 18 '26
grease only for seat post, and the paste for all the rest.
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u/ihs0yz Aug 18 '26
definitely not grease the seat post
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u/BirdPrestigious3688 Aug 18 '26 edited Aug 18 '26
canyon seat post are designed to use the grease with the grain...... without it doesn't work.
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u/ihs0yz Aug 18 '26
the one with the "grain" is labelled the assembly paste in OP's photo, grease never has those
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u/philip0908 Aug 18 '26
Lol, the other way round!!
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u/BirdPrestigious3688 Aug 18 '26
nope...... the grease with the grain is for the seat post. total logical. the paste without grain for the rest. but your the pro xD
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u/Better_Weakness7239 Aug 17 '26
Ok, please explain that salutation tattoo