[Vintage-Audio] Dual 1226 turntable lubrication

[Fred Olsen]

Joe Filice wrote:

> I'm not inclined to try and track down these lubricants,
> if they still exist 30 years later.

Joe, you would be well advised to use the original lubes, at least for 
most lube points.  Incorrect lubricants can drastically effect the 
sometimes minute torques at which the tone arm and parts of the change 
mechanism operate.  Among other things.

Here's an info page on Duals; one of many, I'm sure.
http://www.compassnet.com/concept/index.html

Here's a (the?) service distributor in Germany.  They have OEM lube kits 
for around twenty bucks plus shipping.  You'd spend more than that 
trying to put together small quantities of these lubes from the large 
quantities you'd have to buy.
http://www.ol-technik.de/
Go: Dual (at left) >language >1200 Serie (at top)
They don't specifically list the 1226 but I suspect the lube kit is 
common to most or all.  Inquire.

I'm not sure if Renotac 342 is still available, it may be obsolete.  It 
is or was from Fuchs of Germany.
If I recall correctly, the BP Super is common engine oil.  My suggestion 
for an improved sub would be Mobil-1 10W-30.
Shell Alvania 2 is an industrial 'lithium' EP grease.  I don't recall 
the particulars but it wouldn't be difficult to sub for it AFTER 
determining the specifics of the composition and grade (2).
I don't recall the particulars of Isoflex PDP 40, but it's a synthetic 
ester oil from Kl�ber of Germany.
There are many grades of silicone oil.  I don't know whose product the 
AK 500 designation refers to.  If it means 500 centistokes it's a thick 
one.  Must be the tonearm damping fluid.  Try Dow Corning for info.
Molykote products are molybdenum disulphide lubricants, also from Dow 
Corning.  Readily available, perhaps not in small quantities, but there 
are several different forms of the product.  So, which one?  It might 
even be the dry powder form.

So, "buy a lube kit".

Fred
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