I used a silicone spray made by liquid wrench. Really smooth stuff. We'll see how well it holds up. Says its resistant to water. I dunno. Brendan On Mon, May 5, 2008 at 11:14 AM, neil N <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote: > Did you use "chain" type lube? > > I put some on just one of the shift linkage bushings. Made a diff just > there. Used "chain oil". > > Neil. > > On Mon, May 5, 2008 at 11:03 AM, Brendan Slevin <totorovan@gmail.com> > wrote: > > So this weekend I was getting to a bunch of little things on the van > that I > > haven't had time to do. One of these was lubricating the shifter and > all > > its contact points. Before it was pretty stiff but I thought that's > how it > > was supposed to be. After lubricating everything I got in and moved it > > through the gears, I thought something was broken. Its like it almost > > wasn't there. It drives incredibly now! So much nicer. So everyone > who > > hasn't yet, get out and lube your shifter! > > > > Brendan Sleivn > > 84 GL Totoro > > Bend, Oregon > > > > > > -- > Neil Nicholson. 1981 Air Cooled Westfalia - "Jaco" > > http://web.mac.com/tubaneil > http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/ > |
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