03-30-2012, 09:56 AM
Ed,
For metal change gears, you can't go far wrong with the cans of spray grease used for lubricating mo'sickle chains. It sticks like the proverbial to a blanket, and stays where it is put, unlike oil, even slideway, which will get thrown off.
Personally, but bear in mind I have never had them, I would not lubricate plastic change gears, purely because you don't know what sort of chemical reaction you will get, and it could in fact weaken the gears. I suppose somewhere, someone might have come up with a lubricant for them.
John
For metal change gears, you can't go far wrong with the cans of spray grease used for lubricating mo'sickle chains. It sticks like the proverbial to a blanket, and stays where it is put, unlike oil, even slideway, which will get thrown off.
Personally, but bear in mind I have never had them, I would not lubricate plastic change gears, purely because you don't know what sort of chemical reaction you will get, and it could in fact weaken the gears. I suppose somewhere, someone might have come up with a lubricant for them.
John