Main shaft grease ?

[Gixxer]

Cheers all. I definitely want to lube the main shaft somehow - just don't like the idea of metal on metal with no form of lubrication. I'll hopefully pop over to maplins tomorrow in town to see if they've got anything ptfe based that I can use.

Ta. T

Get yourself a tin of silicone spray grease with PTFE. Never mind anyone telling you it's too heavy or it attracts dirt or any other similar BS. It's a non-setting grease with an extremely low viscosity. It will stick to and lubricate the shaft. It will prevent corrosion, and its viscosity is low enough to render differences in full - to + pitch change times all but immeasurable... and you can use it on just about anything.

[Planehazza]

I use ElyQ HP grease on OWBs, thrust bearings and feathering shaft. On main and tail shafts (and most other bearings), I apply a small amount of tri flow oil

I rarely apply anything to TT gears, but I sometimes use white lithium grease if they're noisy.

[helijohn]

Maplins Silicon Grease, does the trick!

Rich

I never use silicone on any metal to metal.
I use Ballistol on shafts or Teflon.