First time post

In my experience, the 2 drops to the dash pot helped to prevent the cup from drying out due to friction, keeping it malleable, failure would happen sooner with an un-lubricated pot. You know when you need it as that “slamming” sound is unmistakable.

I’ve changed a ton of dash pot cups and always assumed they were some sort of rubber. Never really thought about their composition, just knew when they needed replacement….go figure.

…/MK

On Dec 28, 2021, at 4:48 AM, John, W9DDD <[email protected]> wrote:
Good morning North America,
I was a little surprised by the following lubrication instruction. Generally I've always thought oil wasn't good for the life of rubber. Of course I don't know for sure what the dash pot cup is made of, but it looks like rubber.

If I am reading this correctly it says to put 2 drops of oil into the interior of the dash pot.

<obmmpjmfehjokfna.png>
-- 
---
----
The above comments or recommendations are SWAG. Use at your own risk.
John, W9DDD
______________________________________________________________
GreenKeys mailing list
Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/greenkeys
Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm
Post: mailto:[email protected]

Jordan Spencer Cunningham's GreenKeys Search Tool: https://teletype.net/gksearch
2002-to-present greenkeys archive: http://mailman.qth.net/pipermail/greenkeys/
1998-to-2001 greenkeys archive: http://mailman.qth.net/archive/greenkeys/greenkeys.html
Randy Guttery's 2001-to-2009 GreenKeys Search Tool: http://comcents.com/tty/greenkeyssearch.html

This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net
Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Message delivered to [email protected]