bakerocb
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 Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2014 3:59 am Post subject: WD-40 As a Lubricant |
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7/29/2014
Hello All, David Lloyd wrote: “Don't use WD-40. It congeals after time and in a long cable drive that is
bad situation.”
Amen to that. In fact don’t use original plain WD-40 as a lubricant, that is a self defeating action. It is true that original plain WD-40 may free up some mechanism initially (as would almost any low viscosity fluid, even water), but the longer term effect will not be lubricating in nature. Spraying original plain WD-40 may even wash away what little lubrication that remains in the mechanism making the longer term situation worse.
Original plain WD-40 is a great product for doing just exactly what it was designed to do, displace water. That is why it is called W(ater) D(isplacing) – 40. When people began to mistakenly spray it as a lubricant and initially got some lubricating effect the WD-40 marketing people jumped on the bandwagon and began to claim lubricating properties for that product in their advertisement and labeling.
Now the WD-40 company has some specialty products that may be suitable for your lubrication use. See here:
http://www.wd40specialist.com/products
But don’t be sucked into using original plain WD-40 as a lubricant, use a true lubricating product.
OC
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Time: 02:30:26 PM PST US
From: "David Lloyd" <skywagon(at)charter.net>
Subject: Re: speedometer, not tachometer question
Sacha,
If, indeed it is cable drive, that is probably the problem.
The cable drive interior gets dry over time and lots of friction develops.
Figure out a way to disconnect the top end of the cable and spray a silicon
based spray or similar down the interior of it.
It will take some time to work the lubricant down a tight cable.
Don't use WD-40. It congeals after time and in a long cable drive that is
bad situation. David
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