I'd be careful of recommendations like that. It's well known that
neither the Japanese plants nor the Wyoming plant ever successfully
produced and marketed a tripod (with moving parts). In other words,
they don't know nuthin' 'bout no tripods or tripod grease.
Which reminds me of a story. A traveling salesman was traveling down a
country road when his car suddenly sputtered to a halt. The salesman
was far from being a mechanic but decided to at least have a brief
glimpse under the hood (bonnet for you other folk). While he was poking
about under the hood he heard a voice quite nearby say "It's the
carburetor". He looked up but there was no one there except a horse
which he had not noticed earlier. He assumed he must be imagining
things and proceeded to poke around a bit more. Almost immediately, he
heard the voice say again; "I told you, it's the carburetor". Now there
was no mistaking that it was the horse.
Panicked at the thought of a talking horse, he began running down the
road like a madman yelling about the talking horse. He finally came to
a farmhouse a short distance away and banged on the door until the
farmer finally answered. In a greatly excited and halting voice he
described to the farmer his encounter with the talking horse.
The farmer listened attentively and then asked; "Was it an old, gray
mare with one floppy ear?" The salesman excitedly shouted; "Yes, yes,
that's the one!!!" To which the farmer calmly replied; "Don't pay no
'tention to her... she don't know nothin' 'bout cars nohow."
Chuck Norcutt
Timpe, Jim wrote:
> Give everyone a little more time. Some of the list is still sound asleep.
> I would have suggested a molybdenum based grease, but have absolutely no
> firsthand experience or knowledge about tripod lubrication.
>
> The website for the Wyoming plant suggests a multiviscosity lubricant with
> unobtanium as it's principle ingredient...
>
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Joel Wilcox
>>Subject: [OM] Re: Lube
>>
>>
>>
>>No help from the wise? OK then, it's me against the world.
>>I'll try bicycle bearing gear lube (waterproof!).
>>
>>Joel W.
>>
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