Lubricating with waterproof grease
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Topic: Lubricating with waterproof grease
Posted By: motopsycho650
Subject: Lubricating with waterproof grease
Date Posted: 14 March 2008 at 8:01am
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I recently bought the cyclone feed, and installed the vortex kit. The vortex kit says to use grease on the parts instead of oil. That got me thinking about using a bit of grease to lube the rest of the metal to metal gun parts. I put a paper thin layer of water-proof grease in the path were the rear bolt travels, and along the connecting rod groove for the front bolt. When I put it back together, I used my standard 3-4 drops of oil to lube the various gun parts. I think the oil/grease combo is much slicker than oil alone. Also, the grease will not try to move anywhere, like oil does over time. Anyways, I thought I'd just throw that out there. I think it helped... |
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Posted By: The Guy
Date Posted: 14 March 2008 at 10:55pm
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It depends on what you are lubing. Any parts that are forced by air have a constant load on them, or any parts that move a short distance are ok to grease. Such as regulators. However, grease will slow down some moving parts that depend on freedom of movement, such as a spring powered bolt. The grease is just too thick. So I might grease my cyclone and my regulators. But I always use oil in my gun. |
Posted By: A.Tech
Date Posted: 15 March 2008 at 5:31pm
| Excuse my noobness, but what is a vortex kit? |
Posted By: StormyKnight
Date Posted: 16 March 2008 at 7:13am
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A.Tech wrote:
and then enter Vortex Mod.Posted By: motopsycho650
Date Posted: 17 March 2008 at 7:07am
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OK, This was a bad idea. Just FYI for people... Using grease is a great way to fight wear, much better than oil. The problem I didn't think about was the temp. I still use CO2, so as I shot faster, the grease got stickier & tackier. Next thing I new, my shots were dropping, and my velocity was down around 260, (was 290, our field limits at 300). Anyways, the grease just took up too much space, and actually caused some friction. I field stripped my gun in-between games, wiped out all the grease, and re-oiled it. Shot great again until the outside temp dropped enough to give me CO2 pressure issues. Oh well, I thought it was an idea worth a try, but it didn't work out. The Guy was right on this one. |
Posted By: StormyKnight
Date Posted: 17 March 2008 at 8:57am
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Hmmm. I've never known Guy to be wrong... -------------
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