[AT] General questions
Herb Metz
metz-h.b at comcast.net
Tue Nov 14 02:42:00 PST 2017
Decades ago when I had an English motorcycle as my sole means of school
transportation, that same chain lubrication concern arose. With/without
lubrication did not seem to significantly affect chain life, and lubrication
would occasionally spot the back of one's clothing; so no lubrication.
We had many chains on our old 1930s Case 12' combine; Dad never lubricated
them. He made sure every bearing (32 of them) got zerk gun grease
lubrication; I had to count them as I lubricated them. Herb(GA)
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From: Spencer Yost
Sent: Monday, November 13, 2017 9:23 PM
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Subject: [AT] General questions
I have two general questions that I have always wanted answers to, and I
seem too intellectually challenged enough to solve on my own:
How do you oil very long chains(i.e. my baler or sawmill) without wasting
tons of oil and making a mess? I sit there with a plunger style oil can and
oil when it's running. But even that seems sub optimal. There has to be a
better way?
As Dean VP indicated in an earlier post, I should use WD-40 to hunt for
vacuum leaks on my 430. I have done that before, and I did it again with the
430(to no avail). But I did hear many years ago that the only reason that
WD40 used to work is because butane was the propellant and it no longer is
the propellant. Is that true? Is there a better way to find vacuum leaks?
An unlit propane torch came to mind but sounded dangerous.
Thanks! Inquiring minds want to know.
Spencer Yost
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