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

[John Lynch]

Then 99% of all Hammonds must be gummed up because everybody uses it and for 
many years.  -JL
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Anderson" <thermionic27609 at earthlink.net>
To: "The Hammond Forum" <hammond at zeni.net>
Sent: Friday, April 20, 2007 12:52 PM
Subject: Re: [HAM] CV - Starter motor not engaging TG - follow up


>
> 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.
>>
>
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