Lubricant for spar pins

On Mon, 08 Jan 2018 16:23:43 +0000, Jim White wrote:

At 14:13 08 January 2018, Papa3 wrote:
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
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Tell me why? I am presently using WD40 specialist spray grease. Very
slip=
py
and easy to apply.
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Jim

I think most folks view WD40 as the "traditional" water displacement
produc=
t 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
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ests that should be published on the Technical Data Sheets for whatever
pro=
duct you use to see how it performs. Things like ASTM D2266 2596 etc.
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ine critical wear prevention properties. =20

P3


Datasheet says:

4-ball Wear Test 0.5 mm (ASTM D-4172) ,
Dropping Point Temperature 118°C (ASTM D566) ,
Corrosion Protection in salt spray test 0 % rust at 72h (ASTM B-117) ,
Temperature (Continuous) -20°C to +115°C as grease, then to +260°C as
liquid

Is that any good?

I notice that the "Super Lube grease with Syncolon" is available in the
UK in 90mm tubes from Amazon, so have decided that I'll have one before
my Libelle's next annual is due in March: I need to bbuy some grease
before then anyway.


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Come on, the most important quality for main pin grease it that it leave a permanent circular stain on the thighs of your favorite flying pants/shorts - how else will other glider-guiders recognize you as one of the true believers at the field?

Even Pez D. Spencer knew that!

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On Mon, 08 Jan 2018 09:41:57 -0800, kirk.stant wrote:

Come on, the most important quality for main pin grease it that it leave
a permanent circular stain on the thighs of your favorite flying
pants/shorts - how else will other glider-guiders recognize you as one
of the true believers at the field?

.... the bucket hat?


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Martin | martin at
Gregorie | gregorie
| dot org

On Monday, January 8, 2018 at 3:38:45 PM UTC-5, Kiwi User wrote:
On Mon, 08 Jan 2018 09:41:57 -0800, kirk.stant wrote:


... the bucket hat?



Which my wife fondly refers to as Birth Control. "There's no way you're getting laid wearing that thing".

On Monday, January 8, 2018 at 9:10:39 PM UTC, Papa3 wrote:
On Monday, January 8, 2018 at 3:38:45 PM UTC-5, Kiwi User wrote:
On Mon, 08 Jan 2018 09:41:57 -0800, kirk.stant wrote:


... the bucket hat?



Which my wife fondly refers to as Birth Control. "There's no way you're getting laid wearing that thing".

Now someone tells me!

lol, My wife stole mine washed it and dyed it purple. It was getting pretty bad with several thousand hours on it Even the airport manager at Moriarty gave me a new one as he thought it needed to be thrown out!

CH