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Topic: WD-40 on bearings??????
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Randy Stankey
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posted 11-04-2001 05:53 PM
First, you have to remember that the guy did it as a last resort. He didn't have the parts to make a proper repair right away and what he did kept the show going until he could come back and do it right. Although I wouldn't have used WD-40 if I was him, what he did was OK under the circumstances.When I have that problem, I take a cup full of Xe-Kote and give the bad bearing a good soak and work them back and forth until they start turning again. I have done this on a couple of occasions to get the projector working again. It does work but it's decidedly temporary. It's good for a few days or maybe a week or so. That's about it. If/when they do fail again it's probably going to be a doozy. When you do this you should order the correct parts right away and tell your purchasing people that you have a projector in danger of going down at any minute. As far as using WD-40 to clean projectors, I have my reservations about that. It leaves a "protective" layer of oil behind. I have used WD-40 to clean guns with and it works well. Problem is, if you don't get every last bit of it off the parts you clean with it, you'll soon have a gummed-up machine. On top of that, when used in a projector, you have the question of keeping the WD-40 away from the film. They are YOUR machines so you do what you think is best, but my minimum recommendation is that you make sure you get every last bit of that stuff off the parts before you run film through the machine again.
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Randy Stankey
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posted 11-05-2001 05:15 PM
Yes, I would agree with that. It will remove just about all of the original lubrication. I'm also hoping that it will remove all the crap that was causing the bearing to jam up in the first place. Thus, the reason I said that this measure is only meant to get you through a couple days, up to a week or so.The thing about Xe-Kote is that it does have some lubrication in it. (Parafin, right?) The way I was thinking is that using Xe-Kote will allow you to clean out the bearing better because it can penetrate down deeper into the guts of the bearing without having to pry both of the shields off. Then (hopefully) some of the parafin (or whatever) will be left behind to give it some kind of lubrication to hold it over. Using penetrating oil, or something, isn't a bad idea, though. I also agree with Francis. Bearings under heavy load need to be replaced. I neglected to mention that. Mainly because all of the bearings I have had go on me, under those circumstances, have totally shit the bed. There was nothing left to patch together... just a pile of BBs and a couple of metal rings.
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