26 Jun
2007
26 Jun
'07
3:11 p.m.
On Tue, 2007-06-26 at 15:04 -0400, der Mouse wrote:
I use LHM on my bike chain, and also on the little one-way clutch in my
Tektronix printer when it jams up. I believe the Phaser 560 may well be
very close to 10 years old by now, as the latest OS mentioned in the
handbook is Windows 98), thus making this post nearly on-topic. It's
quite expensive (?7 per litre) unless you buy it in large quantities
(around 15 litres at a time). I'd rather use a few millilitres of
something expensive that I already have, than buy a few millilitres of
something I don't have...
Gordon
I beg to
differ. WD40 works on a lot of stuff, but it usually works
better as a solvent than as a lubricant.
Or a...I'm not sure what the word is. A liquid with which one washes
gunk out/off of something.
A bike-shop guy once told me to never use WD40 as a lubricant for
things bicycle, but that it works fine to wash dirt off (say) a chain,
preparatory to lubricating it. (As lube, he recommended automatic
transmission fluid - apparently it's made with a good grade of oil
under very strict quality controls, and is widely/cheaply available.)