What kind of grease on Carriage bearings?

[Graphics2u]

What kind of grease do you use on the bearing raceways? Will Lithium Grease be alright? I know it doesn't take very much at all.

 

[chopper]

on what machine?
//chopper

 

[Graphics2u]

on what machine?
//chopper

Falcon II Outdoor, Sorry.

 

[SE SignSupply]

3-in-one oil.

 

[chopper]

I would go with the 3-1 also but I am no expert with your printer
//chopper

 

[Slack11]

I used lithium grease last nite, and it worked fine. You're right the very little you use I figured Lithium would be allright.

 

[Checkers]

Check with the manufacturer.

With some machines, oiling the bushings may do more harm than good.

Checkers

 

[Graphics2u]

Mutoh sells their own grease for it, but it can't be anything special.

Is 3-1 able to stay on the rails with out dripping off?

 

[Graphics2u]

Check with the manufacturer.

With some machines, oiling the bushings may do more harm than good.

Checkers

Yeah, I think they do say not to put it on the bearing itself just the rails.

 

[randya]

Silicone

Use very sparingly.

Lithium is not good, it can harden.

ftp://ftp.mutoh.com/Printer Informa... Information/Technical Information Bulletins/

 

[Graphics2u]

Silicone

Use very sparingly.

Lithium is not good, it can harden.

ftp://ftp.mutoh.com/Printer Informa... Information/Technical Information Bulletins/

Thanks Randy. Should the silicone be used on the other parts that need greased, such as pump gears, etc.?

 

[Fuzzbuster]

Mutoh Tech guy told me just a few drops of good old 3 in 1 oil

 

[HaroldDesign]

I use Mobile SCH100 synthetic grease

 

[randya]

Mutoh Tech guy told me just a few drops of good old 3 in 1 oil

Yes, that will work as well.

 

[poslive]

I tried lithium grease on my Toucan LT raceways and it dried and left chunks of crud behind. I've since switched to silicon; just spray some on a foam swab and wipe down the track.

 

[John Butto]

Ace Plumber's gease

in a small tube at Ace Hardware, for bearings and sliding surfaces, resist temperatures, works great on the 1204

 

[Stealth Ryder]

Once a month I clean and very, very lightly lubricate with 3 in 1 oil... Stress, very lightly...

 

[bob]

What kind of grease do you use on the bearing raceways? Will Lithium Grease be alright? I know it doesn't take very much at all.

When you say raceway do you mean the inner and/or outer bearing race, the cylinders between which the actual bearings ride, or do you mean the ways upon which the outer race of the bearing travels?

If the former, a wee bit of silicone or 3-in-1 oil assuming the bearings are not sealed.

If the latter, do nothing but clean the ways. There is little or no friction on a roller riding a way and lubrication does little but make a mess. Just make sure that the ways and the outer races of the bearings are always clean.