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Topic: how to lube after cleaning changer? |
Steven Welborn
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Ojai,CA USA
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Posted 20 Apr 2008 11:50 am |
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| I just rinsed/cleaned my PP changer (naptha). What's the best method to lube after cleaning? Thanks |
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Bob Cox
From:
Buckeye State
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Posted 20 Apr 2008 3:45 pm
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| Place changer over a safe area and pour transmision fluid through it.This will lube and clean |
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Jerry Overstreet
From:
Louisville Ky
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Posted 20 Apr 2008 3:57 pm
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I bought a little kit from Charlie Stepp of Derby Steel. The lubricant is a small can of Super Oil. It also came with a small squeeze bottle with a needle like 2" or so applicator. I don't think it was from the same mfg., and the name of the bottle escapes me at the moment.
You squirt some of the Super Oil in the applicator bottle, and use the tiny spout to put the oil where it needs to be, such as between the changer fingers, a drop on the nut rollers, etc. This methods helps prevent lube getting where you don't need it.
Perhaps someone else here can supply the mfg. of the little bottle.
This oil, 3 in 1, Tri-Flow, sewing maching oil or probably others will work just fine lubing your moving parts. |
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Don Poland
From:
Hanover, PA.
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Posted 20 Apr 2008 4:22 pm
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This works very nice and it's cheap and easy 
Check this out |
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Bill Ford
From:
Graniteville SC Aiken
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Posted 20 Apr 2008 4:51 pm
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Radio Shack has a similar pen oiler, also an insulin syringe works pretty good with trans fluid.
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Greg Cutshaw
From:
Corry, PA, USA
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Posted 20 Apr 2008 5:09 pm
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I used TriFlow and after 3 months the guitar is still smoother than when it was new. TriFlow contains a light oil, solvent and PTFE (Teflon). See my procedure here:
Steel Guitar Lube Process
Greg |
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Tamara James
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Posted 20 Apr 2008 5:14 pm
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| Don Poland wrote: |
This works very nice and it's cheap and easy
Check this out |
Great looking product!!
Let's see, cheap? Only $3!! Yep. Says so in the ad. Replacing dress shirt it was left in the pocket of and was run through the washer...$30. Don't ask how I know. |
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Don Poland
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Hanover, PA.
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Posted 20 Apr 2008 5:42 pm
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| Tamara James wrote: |
| Don Poland wrote: |
This works very nice and it's cheap and easy
Check this out |
Great looking product!!
Let's see, cheap? Only $3!! Yep. Says so in the ad. Replacing dress shirt it was left in the pocket of and was run through the washer...$30. Don't ask how I know. |
Tamara, that sounds like the voice of experience speaking  |
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Jim Sliff
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Lawndale California, USA
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Posted 20 Apr 2008 9:17 pm
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What Greg said.
Triflow is available in hardware stores and bike shops. The oil is essentially a penetrating vehicle for the Teflon lubricant, and the oil dries (as long as you don't put it on too heavy, which is unnecessary). Unlike 3-in-1, transmission fluid, sewing machine oil, gun oil and other such products, it won't attract dirt, gum up your mechanism or break down over time. Oils are a dirt magnet and they don't go anywhere near mechanical parts on any of my guitars.
And for heaven's sake don't get any WD-40 within 10 yards of i!
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No chops, but great tone
1930's/40's Rickenbacher/Rickenbacker 6&8 string lap steels
1921 Weissenborn Style 2; Hilo&Schireson hollownecks
Appalachian, Regal & Dobro squarenecks
1959 Fender 400 9+2 B6;1960's Fender 800 3+3+2; 1948 Fender Dual-8 Professional |
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Roual Ranes
From:
Atlanta, Texas, USA
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Posted 21 Apr 2008 2:53 am
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| Break-Free............Wal-Mart Sporting Goods Dept. Teflon base. Small bottle with dropper. |
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Jack Ritter
From:
Enid, Oklahoma, USA
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Posted 22 Apr 2008 8:47 am
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| If you need something to reach the hard to lube places on your changer, and get a small amount of lube where you need it without drenching , go to Hobby Lobby or some hobby shop and get a pkg of assorted artist paint brushes that go from small to real small. just dab the tip in your preferred lube and with these very small long handle brushes you can touch the exact spot you want to lube. works very well for me-----Jack |
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Terje Brattsveen
From:
Nashville, TN. USA
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Posted 22 Apr 2008 3:47 pm Lubricant
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Would this be the right lubricant to use on my Fender 400's pulley, pedals and other moving parts?
Terje. |
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Jim Sliff
From:
Lawndale California, USA
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Posted 22 Apr 2008 4:35 pm
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Terje - I use the Triflow on all my Fenders and it makes a significant difference in the "action".
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No chops, but great tone
1930's/40's Rickenbacher/Rickenbacker 6&8 string lap steels
1921 Weissenborn Style 2; Hilo&Schireson hollownecks
Appalachian, Regal & Dobro squarenecks
1959 Fender 400 9+2 B6;1960's Fender 800 3+3+2; 1948 Fender Dual-8 Professional |
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Joe Naylor
From:
Avondale, Arizona, USA
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Posted 23 Apr 2008 1:16 pm
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Tri-flow is GREAT
Lance Armstrong thinks so too ----- bicycle shop Tri-flow and forget it.
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Joe Naylor, Avondale, AZ (Phoenix) Announcer/Emcee owner www.steelseat.com *** OFFERING SEATS AND Effects cases with or without legs and other stuff ****** -Desert Rose Guitar S-10, Life Member of the Arizona Carport Pickers Assoc., Southwest Steel Guitar Assoc., Texas Steel Guitar Assoc., GA Steel Guitar Assoc., KS Steel Guitar Assoc. (Asleep at the Steel) tag line willed to me by a close late friend RIP |
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Mike Cass
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Posted 26 Apr 2008 5:18 am
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Steve,
I would hesitate to use tranny fluid or most oils on your changer. The Emmons factory first used lithium grease,then later on 30wt motor oil on the original p/p changers, but I too like the Super Oil. Its very lightweight and non-migrating, plus the spout is quite handy for hard to reach places.
Im sure its what I used on your guitar when I re-did it several years ago. If your changers have gotten dirty it may not really be grime but more likely its the residue from the re-flocking I did under there. That powder tends to disperse over time and will cling to any metal under the guitar, giving it the appearance of being dirty. Also, I find that lacquer thinner works better for the actual drip-cleaning than naptha.
MC |
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Ernest Cawby
From:
Lake City, Florida, USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 26 Apr 2008 7:51 am here
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Jeff Newman recomended Lighter fluid that is what I always use for the last 30 years on my shobud and without a problem. I am afraid Laquor thinner will atack the finish on an all wood guitar. I bought a little bottle of oil I thunk from Mussen.
ernie |
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