[GreenKeys] WD-40

[Steve Schlink]

I wonder where (or when) the myth that WD-40 is a lubricant began?
It is really more of a varnish than a lubricant, hence the acronym "WD" =
water displacer.

That is one product that the world (and machinery) would be a better place
without. 

BTW, Kroil WILL free things stuck by WD-40. 

Steve  Schlink

At 10:54 AM 2/15/02 , you wrote:
>Chuck,
>
>You may suspect the use of WD-40 on your machine in times past.
>
>I had to force one sleeve bearing apart by wedging with a jack knife blade 
>to get the hopelessly stuck bearing freed up in my M-15.  (The previous 
>owner had told me he'd "used WD-40 to keep it all working well")
>
>This particular bearing was at the bottom rear of the machine, near the 
>bottom of the vertical carriage advance shaft, and had to do with the 
>carriage return or letters-figs function, I think.
>
>Roy
>
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