[GreenKeys] TTY lubricants question again

[Jordan Spencer Cunningham]

FYI,

I've just been advised by our good friend Tom to NEVER use white lithium
grease under any circumstances as it will congeal into a solid. I was
honestly a bit unsure about white lithium grease and was hoping someone
would correct me if it was bad advice I was given. Please disregard that.
It sounds like this Red & Tacky stuff is the way to go. I'm looking forward
to making whomever manufactures it $4.00 richer.

Also, it looks like the emails regarding Red & Tacky only just started
making it into my inbox today despite showing as having been sent days
before my ill-advised white lithium grease message. I'm not sure if this
was a GreenKeys delay or if Google is bad at delivering messages.

--Jordan

On Fri, Feb 2, 2018 at 9:40 PM, Jordan Spencer Cunningham <js at cunni.co>
wrote:

> I don't think anyone else responded to this-- at least not publicly-- so
> I'll just add what I had discovered from some research:
>
> I don't know about a specific, special product as far as the grease you
> mentioned goes. I've only read that white lithium grease works well, and
> I've noticed it freshly applied on several other people's machines here and
> there. I'd love to know what that product is, though.
>
> Regarding oil, I used 5W-20 full synthetic motor oil on my machines by a
> suggestion elsewhere online. So far it seems to be working pretty well. I
> was told this kind of oil doesn't congeal over time, so it's supposed to be
> especially good for this use. I also assume the viscosity is supposed to be
> close enough to original specifications, though I have nothing to back that
> up except assuming other people knew what they were talking about.
>
> I would be curious to know the opinions of the real experts around here,
> though. This is just what I've learned in my relatively brief journey and
> may not be the best.
>
> --Jordan
>
> On Mon, Jan 29, 2018 at 5:39 PM, <hwhall at compuserve.com> wrote:
>
>> Sorry for dragging this old subject back up but I haven't been successful
>> looking for the info in the message archives.
>>
>> Some time not long ago there was a sticky grease recommended for the
>> motor pinion gear that wouldn't sling around.  What was the name of that
>> product?
>>
>> And for main shaft oil and such, I think synthetic 0-20 motor oil was a
>> recommendation?
>>
>> Thanks all & 73,
>>
>> Wayne
>> WB4OGM
>>
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