[Boatanchors] Heathkit SB-200 Question - Seeking advice

[Jim Wilhite]

Oil of Wintergreen and it smells good too.

Jim/W5JO

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> Hi Scott,
>
> Glenn already suggested you not use WD-40. In spite of popular culture
> and urban myth WD-40 is *NOT* a penetrating lube nor is it any kind of
> lubricant. Your local hardware store will have several choices of real
> penetrating oil meant for freeing corroded parts and removing "rust".
> After you get things apart you must clean and maybe resurface the 
> parts
> and then use *lubricant* - NOT WD-40 - to reassemble and operate. 
> There
> are a lot of real lubricants available at the hardware and at the auto
> supply stores.
>
> WD-40 will remove and help keep moisture out of a cracked distributor
> cap (until you make it home and replace it). No lube involved. WD-40
> will remove the gummy glue after sticky labels are removed from 
> glass -
> like those obnoxious stickers in the windows of new or used cars at 
> sale
> time. Afterward the WD-40 must be removed. It will collect dust and 
> dirt
> and turn into its own gummy mess. Gummy goo doesn't lubricate 
> anything.
>
> For applications like your bandswitch you can try "3-in-1" light oil
> sometimes known as sewing machine oil. I like a product known as
> "Lubriplate" that is available from the auto parts suppliers. It has a
> consistency between light grease and heavy oil.  "Lubriplate" tends to
> stay in place and do its job. It's the only lube that has worked on 
> the
> fan motor bushings in the back of my Kenwood transmitter. It's not
> really meant for heavy duty lube as in car engines. Mechanics use it 
> to
> keep machine parts lubed while they are being assembled and it serves 
> as
> lube while the machinery (engines, transmissions, differentials) is
> being started up for the first time before the regular, heavier
> lubrication has a chance to be worked in. Lubriplate is probably too
> heavy to put a daub on the shaft and have it run back into the actual
> bearing but would be ideal to put some on it during reassembly.
>
> Good luck with your project. Let us all know how it goes for you.
>
> 73,
>
> Bill  KU8H