Date:         Tue, 13 Dec 2005 21:31:07 -0600
Reply-To:     John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET>
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From:         John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET>
Subject:      Re: Volkspeople, lubricate your sliding door latches.
Comments: To: Oxroad@AOL.COM
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WD 40 - Water Displacement Batch #40 - is not a lubricant, but is a
beautiful water displacer. It will clean and loosen, but best to get a
regular oil like Marvels Mystery Oil (not the top overhaul stuff used in
the fuel and oil). Marvels is the best.

John Rodgers
88 GL Driver

Jeff Oxroad wrote:

>WD 40 is the devil's tool. It works as a short term solution, but in the
>long run it's like fixing a dented bumper by removing it and never  putting it
>back.
>
>Grease will get dry and lose it's lubricating qualities over  time. So in
>some cases it needs to be cleaned away and replaced with new  grease. WD 40 works
>to break down any existing grease and render the grease  useless. In that way
>WD 40 does have a use as a cleaner--breaking down the  old grease so it can
>be whiped away.
>
>But to use WD 40 as anything but an emergency fix is, in my  opinion, not the
>best way to go. It has no long term lubricating qualities  so you become a WD
>40 junkie constantly having to re-apply WD 40 when metal on  metal just
>doesn't give you the smooth operation you had experienced onthe  first application.
>
>Clean out the old grease and clean the area and apply a thin coat of new
>grease and you'll get another 15 years of service out of the moving parts. Rely
>on the WD 40 and the soon to be metal on metal will wear out the component you
> were seeking to fix and you'll be replacing that entire now-rusty and  stuck
>cable.
>
>
>Best,
>Jeff
>83.5 Westy
>LA,CA
>
>
>
>In a message dated 12/13/2005 1:08:46 PM Pacific Standard Time,
>vwnut@HAWKCOMPUTING.COM writes:
>
>A little  WD 40
>
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