Sliding Door Grease
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Sliding Door Grease
Think the bottom runner on my sliding door needs some grease, what sort should I use and how much?
i'd have said any and plenty of it. i'm going to do mine tomorrow as it happens and will splodge plenty of ordinary grease on the bottom one but a miniscule ammount of coppergrease on the top so it doesn't cover everyone who goes near it
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rozzolink wrote:i'd have said any and plenty of it. i'm going to do mine tomorrow as it happens and will splodge plenty of ordinary grease on the bottom one but a miniscule ammount of coppergrease on the top so it doesn't cover everyone who goes near it
I second this reply. I did my top runner with 'copperslip' and then spent a load of time during my 3 weeks in SOF continually wiping the excess off, due to the heat, it ran like a snotty nose.
Moral; As 'rozzolink' says, use grease sparingly.
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Copperslip is not a lubricant, it is an anti-sieze compound. OK on bolts and nuts that you want to undo later, but not meant to be used for "greasing" bearings etc.
Try getting some marine grease (trailer bearing grease) or similar, will stay on due to being quite thick and also waterproof so will stay put, you only need a smear. It will pick up dirt and fluff anyway, so needs to be kept clean and redone now and again
Try getting some marine grease (trailer bearing grease) or similar, will stay on due to being quite thick and also waterproof so will stay put, you only need a smear. It will pick up dirt and fluff anyway, so needs to be kept clean and redone now and again
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Waterprrof bearing grease sometime sknown as 'blue grease' Mobil did it in nice tubes for about £3 a throw but have heard from local Motofax that its been discontinued (they bought up last of local stock).
Castrol zinc based grease for brake rubbing parts (cams and pivots of shoe brakes) should stick around... its thick and off-white/light yellowish colour - obviously good for sliding metal parts and waterproof. Prob. only large tins though
Castrol zinc based grease for brake rubbing parts (cams and pivots of shoe brakes) should stick around... its thick and off-white/light yellowish colour - obviously good for sliding metal parts and waterproof. Prob. only large tins though
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Westy.Club.Joker wrote:Copperslip is not a lubricant, it is an anti-sieze compound. OK on bolts and nuts that you want to undo later, but not meant to be used for "greasing" bearings etc.
Try getting some marine grease (trailer bearing grease) or similar
There were no bearings greased on the door, just the top track guide.
Copperslip was the only 'grease' to hand at the time.
I don't think there is a bearing in the slider top, just a nylon type wheel/block
But there again I could be wrong
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Just a thought, and something I'll be doing next time is to use 'food; grease. Its used for greasing up equipment in food industry and is pure white. My reservation about regreasing sliding doors is that kids have a habit of sticking their fingers into grease areas and its a devil to get off hands and/or clothes. Food grease may well be a good solution. As far as I know the properties are identical.
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