Oops! wrong weight oil

solicitr · Post by **solicitr** » Fri Jan 11, 2008 1:38 pm

How badly have I screwed up? I dutifully oiled the sheaves- with 30W. Then I realized.

Can I live with it and get it right next time? Or is some sort of stomach-pumping required?

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Fri Jan 11, 2008 4:12 pm

Not critical. Certainly not worth rushing your machine to the Emergency Room. 30W will do just fine; we used to recommend it when long-neck refillable oilers were more common in home workshop. We switched to recommending 10W because that's what comes in the throw-away oiling cans that everybody buys nowadays.

With all good wishes,

solicitr · Post by **solicitr** » Fri Jan 11, 2008 4:30 pm

Thanks, Nick. <whew!>

johnm · Post by **johnm** » Fri Jan 11, 2008 5:19 pm

[quote="Nick"]Not critical. Certainly not worth rushing your machine to the Emergency Room. 30W will do just fine]

I must have gotten one of those "old-timers" when I called SS the other day to ask about oiling. He recommended a long neck oiler and 30W oil. :-) He did say not to use 3-in-1 oil as it is too light. I dunno...I used 3-in-1 since it's in one of those nice disposable cans and it seemed to work OK. Maybe it just doesn't last quite a long. It's not like it's operating in some high bearing load condition on the sheaves.

Len · Post by **Len** » Fri Jan 11, 2008 9:01 pm

Called SS about a year ago and asked the nice lady what kind of oil....3 in 1 is what she told me. After Rick's class I purchased a SS oiler.

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Sat Jan 12, 2008 2:31 pm

Because the loads are so light in this particular application, there are wide range of oils and other lubricants you can use -- anything to keep the metal sliding smoothly against the metal. I'm betting that even mother's spit might work.

With all good wishes,