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what kind of grease?

Post by slickridley » Mon Mar 22, 2010 6:59 am

I've worked on my guns for a couple years now, and when it came to grease I've used graphite on the gears and lithium on cylinder/piston.

I was wondering if there was a better combination out there as the lithium will seemingly 'dry up' over time.
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Re: what kind of grease?

Post by slickridley » Wed Mar 24, 2010 6:11 pm

anybody used these greases before?
http://www.airsoftgi.com/product_info.php?products_id=5761
i'm not even sure what type of grease they are
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Re: what kind of grease?

Post by Dominum » Wed Mar 24, 2010 6:19 pm

White Lithium or Teflon on friction elements (gears, piston slide, etc.), and 100% silicon oil on airseal and oring parts(airnozzle, piston head, etc.)
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Re: what kind of grease?

Post by SteevoLS » Wed Mar 24, 2010 7:34 pm

Another possibility would be a molybdenum-based grease. Moly is extremely slick and is not nearly as thick as white lithium grease. I concur with the silicon oil/spray, though.

I'm sure there are better prices available, but here's an example of moly grease. http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXGS04
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Re: what kind of grease?

Post by Vesper » Thu Mar 25, 2010 12:22 pm

I am using CA grease, one is gear grease, another cylinder grease.
I seem to have no problem with them so far, and they work very well, except gear grease tends to splatter inside the gearbox.

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Re: what kind of grease?

Post by Villid » Thu Mar 25, 2010 1:30 pm

i used the white lithium the last time i worked on one.  used it on the inside of the air chamber, in a VERY light coating just at one end. 
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