Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/03/06
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On 6 Mar 97 at 9:48, Marc James Small wrote:
> The old stand-by is automotive axle grease, the 99-cents-a-can stuff we use
> to repack our LBC front hubs every six months. John Van Stelten will
> probably cringe when he reads this, though: there ARE specialty greases
> available which are better for the job.
Ah, finally we get this list on (automotive) topic again....;-))
I just learned on the OffRoad Mailinglist that marine-grade grease often
does a better job, as it 'sticks more'. Used for greasing PU bushings
without grease zerk fitting.
> German lenses from roughly 1937 or so through the War suffered from poor
> lubricants, as the German POL supplies were being diverted to 'other' uses.
> East German lenses continued to have lousy lubricants until the late
> 1950's before the Soviets started giving them some good stuff.
Love these cycles of time, as the Russians are now often claimed to
use lousy grease in their lenses....8-))
Wasn't there some odd story of exchanging grease for parts or
something? (might have come from you as well....8-))
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