heli maintenance

[jimheli]

what would you guys recomend as a suitable oil/grease ? ect for ball links berings jimheli

[Sao]

Something synthetic
Super Lube grease is sold in most hobby shops
I use a teflon oil for bearings

[jimheli]

Something synthetic
Super Lube grease is sold in most hobby shops
I use a teflon oil for bearings

SAO THANKS FOR FAST RESPONCE when you say synthetic i do have some mobil 1 oil for car would that be ok ? because model shop to me is 70 mil trip .

[cambs flyer]

Your local bike shop could supply you with a can of GT85 Teflon spray, it also removes dirt and sprayed in a cotton bud head, the lub' would be easily applied to the gears and bearings.

[Andy from Sandy]

For radial bearings I use "The Greaser" found here http://peteshobbies.com/prcp/Greaser...uy_greaser.htm

For thrust bearings a use molybdenum grease. For rubber dampers I use tri-flow grease. For ball links use nothing. For the main shaft and tail shaft I use a machine oil at the start of a seesion. It is thin like water. Where the carbon tail push rod goes through the guides I use tri-flow oil at the start of a session.

I never use a spray. If the contents is flammable the propellant is non-flammable. If the contents is non-flammable the propellant is. Either way I have found through experience a spray can go any where and in my case was actually washing the grease out of the bearings used in the tail pitch lever causing them to seize up.

[jimheli]

Greas & Lube

hi got your post and very handy info on, what to get & were to put it . BTW thanks for link ill check it out . jimheli

[Sieze2]

SAO THANKS FOR FAST RESPONCE when you say synthetic i do have some mobil 1 oil for car would that be ok ? because model shop to me is 70 mil trip .

I use something very similar to mobil 1. (Silkolene pro S (a PAO fully synthetic oil)), and it works a treat. PAO syntheic oils have an affinity for metal and stick to it really well. Viscosity seem fine to me, and it never drys out. If you ask me its ideal for model helis.