[TenTec] PTO Grease

[AA2PM, Paul Mondok]

When picking your choice of grease, choose a short fiber grease. The forces involved in the PTOs are very small. Any good grade of short fiber grease will work, provided that it is not too viscous. Gun grease, sowing machine grease, and lightweight automotive lubricants should be good. Avoid axel grease, etc. It is much too thick, and will result in poor feel & a PTO that moves  back a bit after you let go of the knob.





-------- Original Message --------
From: Paul Christensen <w9ac at arrl.net>
Sent: November 22, 2020 7:12:28 AM EST
To: 'Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment' <tentec at contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [TenTec] PTO Grease

The trick is finding synthetic open gear grease that isn't prohibitively expensive.  Today, I would not consider a PTO rebuild without synthetic grease.  Otherwise, you're back to a rebuild at some point in the future.  With synthetic, you'll never need a rebuild as a result of the grease drying out.  

I've found several DuPont Molykote alternatives, the most inexpensive being about $30 for a small tube.  However, I don’t know if it has the required "tackiness" needed in this application.  If anyone has a source for synthetic open gear grease, please pass it along.

Paul, W9AC 

-----Original Message-----
From: TenTec <tentec-bounces+w9ac=arrl.net at contesting.com> On Behalf Of Reed
Sent: Saturday, November 21, 2020 11:49 PM
To: tentec at contesting.com
Subject: [TenTec] PTO Grease

I found this on Ten Tec site.

https://www.tentec.com/faq-ten-tec-pto-lubricant/?fbclid=IwAR24zVzxlqBznaI_FBXCTPOf71OjG5EGT0IuETAtwpGetx6n5hpapNxdsg4

I remember someone from the orginal Ten Tec said they got the green grease from the co-op, but that was years ago.

73,
Reed Fite  W4JZ
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