[HAM] CV - Starter motor not engaging TG - follow up

[David Anderson]

I'm sure that using WD-40 on large gears is OK, but Ron Lebar  
contacted the makers of WD-40 to ask them about the use of WD-40 to  
free sticky bearings. When informed that the TG bearings were  
sintered bronze, they replied that the tenacious coating left behind  
by WD-40 would clog the pores in the sintered bronze as well as the  
capillary threads of the oiling system and that it should NOT be used  
either on sintered bronze bearings or where it could be sprayed onto  
oiling threads.

David Anderson

On Apr 20, 2007, at 11:38 AM, OF wrote:

> At 07:50 AM 4/20/2007, Bohachewsky, Andrew V. wrote:
>
>> Hey Dave,
>>
>> Yes, WD40 is NOT for the TG. It's a cleaning rather than  
>> lubricating oil.
>
> Sorry, but according to Mike Fulk, Hammond did approve the use of  
> WD-40 on
> the tone generator, as long as its application was followed by  
> Hammond Oil.
> I have used it a number of times with no problems.
>
> Spray it on the engagement gears, scrub with a toothbrush, oil, done.
>