I am sort of an oil guy... I guessed the blue grease was a lithium based
marine grease. Looked and felt a lot like what I used for my marine
trailer's bearings. I could of course be wrong... not exactly like I sent it
off to be tested.
On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 1:38 PM, Roger (K8RI) <K8RI-on-TowerTalk@tm.net>wrote:
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>
> WA3GIN wrote:
> > Hi folks,
> >
> > Rebuilding the old Tailtwister. Ballbearing look good but the grease is
> hard and useless, not protecting the bearing much. I used 3&1 oil to clean
> the bearings and races but wonder if I should just leave the 3&1 or slather
> the bearing with white lithium grease.
> >
> That's what I'd use. Others say different, but I'll bet you find the
> blue grease Norn's uses is similar.
> Also, there's something wrong if a rotator is picking up particles out
> of the air.
>
> 73
>
> Roger
> > Recommendations welcome. Please respond direct.
> >
> > 73,
> > dave
> > wa3gin
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