Oiling,greasing???

[rcracerpete]

Hello,what do people use to put on the gears driveshafts on their tamiya cars?

Oil?Grease?

Where can i get the correct stuff from,and how do i apply it?

Any replies would be great![]

[yannick]

I use the grease that comes with the kits, it works fine []

[rcracerpete]

where can you buy this from?

[RedFrits]

It'usaly in the kit!? I use grease from Robbe (no. 5532). It comes in a handy squeze bottle with a needle!

[supergreg]

Do not grease them at all and you will save hours of cleaning! Using grease on any outer part of the car will only cause increased wear of the parts, as grease combined with dust or sand turns into grinding paste.

[cardesigner]

I tried something on my recent builds...and it works great. It's Krytech, a lube made for bicycles. It's made by Finish Line- I'm a mountain biker, I've used it for a while and I don't know why I never thought of using it on RC. It's more of a dry wax, it doesn't attract dirt and definitely doesn't create a nasty black mess inside your gearboxes. A little goes a long way, I've ran my cars several times and so far it's working great! I'll never use that kit grease again.

[raemin]

Cardesigner is correct, graphite based lubricants are a nice alternative to grease as they do not attract dust and will not grind the part. Note however that grease is the best protective coumpound against wear (as long as it does not mix with dust), my advise is to use it on all parts that are "sealed", and stick with graphite for the rest. Graphite is hard to source, so what I do is to use plain WD40 for "outside parts", it does clean the parts and protects them against rust.

[RedFrits]

Well offcourse you must not use grease on the outside parts. Even on my F201 ballraced, it states that you should not grease the ball bearings since it attracts dust and dirt. I have this oil cleaner which is not harmfull for plastics. I use it on my mountainbike to clean the chain. Now I use it on my TL-01 impreza to clean the shocks from oil/grease and dirt. Just spray it on, rinse it with water and it's done!

[Ridgeback Racing Team]

I always use WD-40 on outside things as it will help cleaning, but it does not attract dirt. on the inside of the chassis it is better to use tamiya grease which is supplied with the kit.

[HunterZero]

I only use WD-40 on bearings. It displaces the bearing lubricant though, so you either need to reoil the bearings after WD-40-ing them, or you can run them dry but you'll need to clean them out and re-WD-40 them more often to keep them smooth.

On my touring car, I run the gears with no grease, and use only a tiny drop of oil in the driveshaft joints. Suspension articulation points I use a touch of the kit grease.

In the past I've used molybdenum grease sparingly on gears and Frog driveshafts with rubber boots, and it works well, but is too sticky to use on exposed drive shafts and quickly turns into grinding paste.

- James