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Re: Metal Lubricants

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Originally Posted by ezygmont708 View Post
This year our team tried something a little different for lubrication. We used Dupont Teflon Chain Saver. Very little mess and a little bit of this amazing stuff goes a long way. In addition to using this on chain, we put in our gearboxes and even the gearing in our shooter head. Plays nicely with polycarbonate.

http://www2.dupont.com/Consumer_Lubr...ubricants.html
We use this as well. Works great for all our applications.

I was introduced to it by RC, owner of West Coast Products. He also suggests this as the lubricant of choice for WCP products. The McMaster part number is also listed.

http://wcproducts.net/how-to-gears/
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