I'm not a fan of WD-40 for cleaning. It really wasn't it's purpose. I like naphtha for a grease and oil cleaner followed by synthetic oil judiciously where needed.
Barry - N4BUQ > I would not use WD40 on anything of value. > WD-- water displacing formula 40. > Cleaning such I find is quite well accomplished with Brake Cleaner by various > manufacturers: I purchase the lowest price at my pal's NAPA store. > I like Starrett instrument oil as well as KROIL Microil' > Chers AllRobert > On Wednesday, February 11, 2026 at 01:01:30 PM EST, Alex Hopper > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi All, > > I have done quite a bit of reading on the best ways to clean the RF deck > gear train on the R-390. Seems that most people recommend a thorough flush > of WD-40. > > Does anyone have personal experience with this? I am tempted to try it, > however I am NOT interested in removing my RF Module. Is this something I > can carefully do with the RF module still intact? I would use a long > 'staw' aimed down carefully into the gears. > > -Alex > ______________________________________________________________ > R-390 mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/r-390 > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > ______________________________________________________________ > R-390 mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/r-390 > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ R-390 mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/r-390 Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
