Hi Curt, On Sat, 30 Jul 2011 10:12:39 -0400, Curt Nixon wrote:
>I didn't know Tri-Flo came as a grease also..nice. I do use a white >teflon grease in the bike and radios but different brand. This is a clear grease - they say it can be found in the better bike shops, but I had to get my (now near-empty) 3 Oz. tube via eBay. I've ended up using this stuff just about EVERYWHERE, I just love it. I was led to it after I misplaced my highly prized and guarded tube of RadShack Teflon grease that I had for years (actually, my second tube), and found that RadShack no longer carries the stuff... :( Althought they do have a small oiler containing Teflon based oil, which is very similar to one that I found at Ace Hardware a couple of years ago. The Tri-Flow grease is more viscuous than other similar greases, and seems to stay put pretty well. I got a little over-enthusiastic with it and used a bit too much in my TR-7 dial drive, and ended up with a fairly stiff tuning knob - which is not a bad thing for fine frequency adjustments, but not so great for band-surfing. I haven't re-done it yet, because I have two other knobs that I can spin (RV-7 and R-7A). I did the RV-7 with a little less grease, and it's silky. The R-7A was still factory-fresh (with greased Nylon), so I haven't touched it. I also have a tube of the Phil Woods Waterproof Bicycle Grease that the 390A crowd likes so much, but I don't use it nearly as much. I don't know what it's made of, but I used it in my Hy-Gain 3750 VFO gear train and it seems to work well there. It's not as thick as Tri-Flow, so it's probably better for Jackson drives and such. 73 -Jim -- Ham Radio NU0C Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S.S.A. TR7/RV7/R7A/L7, TR6/RV6, T4XC/R4C/L4B, NCL2000, SB104A, R390A, GT550A/RV550A, HyGain 3750, IBM PS/2 - all vintage, all the time! "Give a man a URL, and he will learn for an hour; teach him to Google, and he will learn for a lifetime." HyGain 3750 User's Group - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HyGain_3750/ http://incolor.inetnebr.com/jshorney http://www.nebraskaghosts.org _______________________________________________ Drakelist mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.zerobeat.net/mailman/listinfo/drakelist
