[AT] Snow blower lubrication

[john hall]

I would try it without any lube. Nothing should stick to the Teflon. Teflon 
and other plastics are used a lot in industry when you don't want to use 
lubricants. I'm curious as to how loose it might get when running, that 
stuff is really sensitve to temperature change.

John Hall

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dick Day" <ddss at telebeep.com>
To: "ATIS" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Friday, November 12, 2010 9:26 PM
Subject: [AT] Snow blower lubrication


> My question concerns the spot where the chute rests on top of the box.
> There is a big Teflon ring that acts as a spacer between the chute gear 
> and
> the round opening it sits on. The manufacturer is suggesting that we do 
> not
> need to lubricate this since the Teflon ring will keep the two metal
> surfaces from sticking.  They also said that some lubricants will get hard
> in extremely cold weather.
>
> Thoughts? Suggestions?
>
> As always, thanks for the feedback.
>
> Dick Day
>