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Old 02-25-2018, 09:26 PM   #11
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Default Re: Lubricating the commentator

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Originally Posted by Royce P View Post
I pack it with grease.
Royce, I was re reading your first posts and I had a question.

One time recently I could not get my t to start and later after some discussion I realized that I had "over oiled" the commutator. I had to clean it up and put some light oil on the surfaces and put it back together and it ran fine. I was using 80wt trying to achieve something similar to what you have done with grease. So with the grease option if you pack it full of this red grease I assume the the roller pushes things around so that it makes contact anyway. Do I understand this correctly?

Got any photos of how your unit looks when doing this operation?

When it gets hot I am guessing the red grease stays mostly in tact and does not leak all over under the engine?

We use some red grease on semi truck chassis, I am wondering if they are similar to each other.

thanks,

Mark
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