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Old January 8th 18, 03:13 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Default Lubricant for spar pins

On Monday, January 8, 2018 at 7:30:07 AM UTC-5, Jim White wrote:
At 23:35 07 January 2018, john firth wrote:
Wot? nobody pushing good old WD 40?
Seriously, surely the meticulous glider pilot must treat load bearing

pins
=

Tell me why? I am presently using WD40 specialist spray grease. Very slippy
and easy to apply.

Jim


I think most folks view WD40 as the "traditional" water displacement product in the blue can which is nothing like the WD40 Spray Grease you're using. If anyone really wants to do the work, you can look at some of the key tests that should be published on the Technical Data Sheets for whatever product you use to see how it performs. Things like ASTM D2266 2596 etc. define critical wear prevention properties.

P3