[Milsurplus] Lube stuff question

[Edward Greeley]

Hello Larry,

I think you are in for a surprise! Your "sealed can" should contain just 
what the markings say: A ball bearing, NOT lubricant. The National Stock 
class for small ball bearings is 3110. The National Stock class for 
bearing lubricants is 9150. That would account for the seemingly heavy 
weight, methinks.

Regards,
Ed


Telegrapher at att.net wrote:
> Reading Brian's posting concerning the bearings got me to thinking, 
> dangerous as it may be.  I have a small sealed can of lubricant that i 
> picked up several years back called : 3110-00-158-8243, BRG, Ball, 
> Annular, DSA 500-76C-3756. 
> 
> Any one know what this was used for.  I've not opened it as yet cause 
> there wasn't any need to.  However, that could change or maybe it needs 
> a new place of residence.  It's in a small tin about 2 inches in 
> diameter and   1 1/4 inches high.  Kinda heavy for it's size  but maybe 
> it's what the universe will be like X number of billions of years from 
> now.  No worry!
> 
> Larry
> W0OGH