[Boatanchors] best low temp lubricant for tail twister rotators

Ray LaRue w4byg at att.net
Sat Nov 11 19:46:42 EST 2017


John,

I have and old email from Gary Kunkee who was the rotator repair man for 
Telex-HyGain about lubricants they use on the Ham-M, etc. He wrote they 
used a light coating (not packed) of Nyogel 727F, but a low temp white 
lithium is useable also.

73,

Ray W4BYG


On 11/10/2017 8:02 PM, John King via Boatanchors wrote:
> I have several rotators that need re-lubricating them with a low temperature lubricant. Do any of you know of a low temperature lubricant that has long  life that can be purchased from big box stores or auto parts stores?
> I hear a tremendous number of complaints and warnings against automobile grease because it gets hard and gums up the rotators. I can buy low temperature grease from Hy Gain but would like to get a proper low temp grease with long life locally.
> I would appreciate the benefit of your first hand knowledge and experience. Dou recommend a manufacturer and brand name with a certain designation?
> Thanks and 73, John, K5PGW
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