Wheel bearing grease

[Ed McCullough]

Some people use Vaseline to lubricate the hole in the slide, so the spring does not wear an elongated hole in the slide. I use a spot of wheel bearing grease for that lubrication.
- my information is about working on Hohner Super 64.
- I worry about the spring jumping out and disappearing when I have the reed plates off. I cut a shallow groove in the comb for the short leg of the spring to rest in. The spring does not slide and jump out of the groove.
As an additional safety Factor against losing the spring, I cover the spring with a long piece of masking tape anytime I take the top cover plate off.

[brorat]

Last week I repacked the wheel bearings on my utility trailer and installed Bearing Buddies to make it easier to lube.  Not really sure if I want that blueish lithium grease on my harp

Whenever I take the reed plates off my chromes, I just go ahead and remove the spring just so I'll know where the silly thing is!

[Ed McCullough]

My wheel bearing Grease is red. Much prettier

[Age]

The older I get (which is another pain in the cheeks, BTW) the less I like the standard slide springs. That annoying "lash" always seems to come back no matter what or how much of what I put on that spring tip. It also causes un-even slide wear (not just in the spring hole) External springs are silky smooth but ugly as a mud fence, so I think I'm gunna hafta experiment with some magnets.

[smojoe]

Cutting the groove insn't a bad idea. As long as it is on left side. Many times a spring would crack a wooden comb on the extreme right end of a chromo. I've even seen plastic fain on that end.

Joe Athirio

[Ed McCullough]

I don't care a rat's kneecap about prettiness. I want whatever functions the best.

[Age]

Cutting the groove insn't a bad idea. As long as it is on left side. Many times a spring would crack a wooden comb on the extreme right end of a chromo. I've even seen plastic fain on that end.

Joe Athirio

I yoosta use a piece of the metal barrel from a ball point pen to re-enforce those wooden spring holes. Worked pretty well till I graduated to plastic combes.

[Age]

I don't care a rat's kneecap about prettiness. I want whatever functions the best.

The way I sees it, if my harumka ain't extra pretty, folks might look at me and I can't allow that.

[servus]

I use Hetman Lubricant 13 on slides - in small amounts. I even use it on the magnet spring of my Seydel Symphony. Again just a little bit and only occasionally. I like the magnet spring. You just have to be careful not to get near it when you're not using it. Otherwise it muffles sounds.

PJ

[Ed McCullough]

I'm going to lubricate all the contact points in my windshield washer arms with wheel bearing Grease. I changed the rubber inserts, but the arm does not Flex at all the metals to metal contact points, and the rubber is not getting pushed against the windshield at all points of contact between the rubber and the windshield.

A long time ago we called the rubber inserts "windshield washer blades". If you go into an auto parts store now and ask for a windshield washer blade, they will hand you the entire arm. I guess they like to sell the entire mechanism. I don't see the point of buying the whole doggoned thing, when you can replace only the rubber.

[Age]

I very seldom use my wipers. I treat my windshield, and live in the country where I almost always drive at highway speeds and the water just rolls up. So, My wipers last about two years, and that's just cuz the rubber dies, insteadda physically wearing out.

[Ed McCullough]

What do you use to treat your windshield?

[Ed McCullough]

The last time I replaced the rubber, I bought silicone rubber. This is supposed to last much longer than regular rubber. We'll see how long it lasts.

[Age]

I use ceramic coating (the kind they use nowadays insteadda car wax) then I use Rain-X treatment applied by hand AND THEN the Rain-X washer fluid in the tank. I also sometimes spray silicone spray on my blades (the rubber part ) Even if I'm not moving, the water just rolls off. The only time I use the wipers is in a deluge, but even then I don't see much difference.

[Ed McCullough]

Please tell us about this ceramic coating that is used in place of car wax. Mention some brands names.

[Age]

Don't know. My long lost cousin, Jimmy is a car detailer and he did it for me last February when he did my whole car. I'm prolly due for another job, but I don't have an extra buck fifty rattling around. Make that two and a quarter, cuz he's gunna do the interior this time as well.  I know the stuff Jimmy used is good but I'm guessing just about any ceramic will do.

This thread prolly belongs in Banter. Think I'll change hats and move it.