On Saturday, January 6, 2018 at 11:44:13 PM UTC-5, Jonathan St. Cloud wrote:
Did a search of RAS and all the threads were quite old, so I thought I would ask what lubricant do you use when assembling your glider? I have noticed that the lube that comes with Schleicher gliders seems to have more friction and lube. Of course there is the old standby of white lithium, but any new ideas?

Wot? nobody pushing good old WD 40?
Seriously, surely the meticulous glider pilot must treat load bearing pins differently from spar locking pins.

And, of course, different specs for summer and winter.

I recall a case where none of these substances had been applied.
When responding to a call for someone who knows how to derig an
Olympia, I found it impossible to push, tap or hammer the taper pins out,
even when there were guys lifting the wing tips. You just could not
safely swing a sledge hammer standing in the cockpit; so we removed the
lifting pins without too much trouble, and removed the one piece wing.
Then one could really get a swing at those pins, which yielded to reveal
a coating of Fe2O3H20; rust! Last time it had been rigged was at a
repair facility!!

JMF