Skip,
Campy grease should work fine. Avoid petroleum jelly, or the like,
becasue the melting temperature is only 120 degrees (f) or so.
Bill Stanke
Skip Williams wrote:
>
> I have lots of extra Campagnolo Special Grease that I've had for years.
> It's a high-quality, light-yellowish grease. Would that work? It was
> designed for bicycle wheel bearings.
>
> Skip
>
> >From: Bill Stanke <bstanke@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >Reply-To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >Subject: Re: [OM] Re-lube of Bounce Grip 2?
> >Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2002 09:07:54 -0800
> >
> >Skip,
> >
> >This is a pretty easy fix. You should have the exploded parts diagram
> >in front of you, as you are working on it.
> >
> >I would use a blow dryer or heat gun to warm the grease. Olympus used a
> >grease that dried out, and looked and acted like glue. You will need to
> >remove all of the old grease, and re-lube. I believe that I used axle
> >bearing grease for the project, but I suspect that any light/medium
> >quality grease would work.
> >
> >Here is a previous post on the matter:
> >
> >When the grease gets that hard, don't try and force the parts apart!
> >Use a
> >heat gun (or a big hair dryer) to get the area very warm. The grease
> >will
> >usually soften up enough to get the parts to separate with a modest
> >amount
> >of force. This is a very common problem with microscopes since they may
> >sit in a lab unused for years. An Olympus microscope tech showed me
> >this
> >trick when I was trying to service some microscope parts. It works
> >incredibly
> >well.
> > -mark
> >
> >
> >Hope that helps!
> >
> >Bill Stanke
> >
> >Skip Williams wrote:
> > >
> > > I've got a BG2 whose mounting screw is VERY hard to turn and tighten.
> >I'm
> > > talking about the larger knurled screw that attaches the camera mounting
> >bar
> > > to the Grip unit. I see that there are several philips-head screws
> > > attaching the cover onto the mounting bar. So I'm assuming that if I
> >take
> > > these off, I'll gain access to the insides. After that, any pitfalls?
> >What
> > > kind of cleaning and lubricant should I use?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Skip
> > >
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