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Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: humbucker on 31 August 2010, 21:54:51

Title: recommended grease for storage of mechanical parts
Post by: humbucker on 31 August 2010, 21:54:51

hi all

anyone got recommendation(s) regarding the kind of grease you can use for, say, camshafts and other types of mechanical parts while theyre being stored out of an engine? is vaseline good enough for this kind of thing?

 :y

Title: Re: recommended grease for storage of mechanical parts
Post by: tidla on 31 August 2010, 22:20:35

new brake discs come in grease paper.at least the dust wont stick.

Title: Re: recommended grease for storage of mechanical parts
Post by: fergy on 31 August 2010, 22:28:41

A  generous coat of warmed Waxoil or similar should suffice.  About £20 from most factors. Plough shares were traditionally treated with a lanolin based compound when out of use and generally stored in the open. I understand the stuff is still available but a tad on the expensive side. I can't see why vaseline should not work though.

Title: Re: recommended grease for storage of mechanical parts
Post by: Marks DTM Calib on 01 September 2010, 08:43:20

WD40.....spray it well and then wrap them in cling film.

Its the one thing WD40 is quite good at  ;D