Originally Posted by andsetinn
PS. You don't want "slippery" oil in your shocks. No Teflon or anything like that. Teflon makes the balls skate inside the bearings, creating heat and premature wear. Balls in ball bearings are supposed to be turning not slipping.
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If it were so slippery that the balls didn't spin, as in they didn't have enough friction with the bearing race to cause them to spin.......then how would they heat up?
Common sense man. If its that slick, the balls don't need to spin. If they are not spinning cause there isn't enough friction, then they are not going to heat up and cause wear. Teflon has the lowest co-effecient of drag of anything lubricant related.