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chain lube - squeak question

Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2009 6:30 pm
by Skypilot
But at least their clocks have no more road grime in them!
>I'll toss out this WD-40 truism, told to me by a friend who repairs clocks >and watches for a living. > >A significant part of his clock repair business is from people spraying
down
>clock mechanisms with WD-40 to free them up. It does free them up and works >for a short time, but the WD-40 very effectively washes away any
lubrication
>that's present and the resulting metal to metal contact completely seizes
up
>the movement. > >ed >A17
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