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Old Feb 24, 2012 | 04:58 PM
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Question Cutout lubricant?
What would be the best thing to use to lubricate the moving parts of a cutout after cleaning it? Given the heat it is exposed to, I'm not sure what to use.
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What would be the best thing to use to lubricate the moving parts of a cutout after cleaning it? Given the heat it is exposed to, I'm not sure what to use.
How about a thin coat of never seize?
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Old Feb 27, 2012 | 09:52 PM
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I like chain lube. Like for 4 wheelers. I use that crap on everything. It works great.
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Chain wax. Comes in a spray can. Sticks to everything for a long time so watch what you get it on.
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+1 for chain lube, or just grease. high temp grease
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Bar&Chain for a chainsaw or Chainwax for MotoX... I have both and they work well for weathered use...
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Where would be the best brick and mortar place to find chain lube/wax? Can it be found at Walmart or should I venture out to a Lowes/Home Depot/Sears?
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I buy mine from the auto parts store.
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I like engine assembly lube for a lot of things, it's basically a graphite
loaded grease.

My cutout gearbox was too crusty to get opened up, I used Lock-Eze
(spray graphite) to do what I could on the butterfly shaft. But you
want to get the gearbox greased if you can.
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I get chain wax at ATV/motorcycle dealers.
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I used the Chain lube and White lithium grease (WD-40) both have worked good for me
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Over here we have a copper graphite grease I would use on on my chevy motored Jet boat exhaust manifold bolts, was brilliant in that they never seized up.
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