Shaft Oiler or Grease?

[Bill Gibson]

Bill, from the words of Hall of Faimer Ron Jr, as he looks over his sun glasses, "why show a dime when I Nickle will do"..

Grim

Right on sir, right on!!LOL!

 

[Wally Duarte]

I recently went to an oiler wanting every last bit of a free wheeling shaft and it so far is working well - only downfall is remembering to open and close the valve to help with excess oil seepage inside the boat

 

[Tom Foley]

Couple of simple oilers I made . The aluminum one is from Stumpfab mounted to a collar I made . The other is from some small pvc tapped 10-32 and mounted to a collar I made and a drilled brass 10-32 stud

 

[Timbo Whalen]

Not a very good photo, but here's one made from CF tubing and plate that came in a Crapshooter Twin. Looks pretty simple to fabricate.

 

[Tom Foley]

The one I made for my twin . I'll clean up that sloppy soldering job lol

 

[Wasted wages]

Waterproof wheel bearing grease…K.I.S.S

 

[Bill Gibson]

The one I made for my twin . I'll clean up that sloppy soldering job lol

Is that ............grease i see on the front of both of those shafts?????????????LOL!!

 

[Tom Foley]

Is that ............grease i see on the front of both of those shafts?????????????LOL!!

You gease the shaft first when you assemble the boat Leroy!

 

[Tom Foley]

Waterproof wheel bearing grease…K.I.S.S

Nothing is waterproof after a run or two!

 

[Mark Poole ModVP]

The Mercury 2-4-C grease has PTFE in it. So does STP oil treatment. One of the best friction reducers.

 

[ianfolkson]

I use Stp oil treatment fill before run stand hydro vertical and run heat. I don't remove flexi at all.

 

[Timbo Whalen]

This season we're hoping to try the Lucas Synthetic Oil Stabilizer- maybe even blend in some ultra fine graphite powder we received from a machine maintenance guy at Dow. Its viscosity appears similar to castor, whereas their standard Oil Stabilizer viscosity is much heavier, akin to STP.
Mineral Spirits is a great agent for adjusting viscosity, too.

 

[Wasted wages]

Timbo,

I run Lucas standard stabilizer in the ‘07 Cummins Turbo Diesel…it’s good stuff!

Even added some in the manual 6 speed and transfer case.. I run all Royal purple synthetic lubes from bumper to bumper.

If viscosity is an issue, I think Royal purple has a synthetic 50w manual gearbox lube that may work for you…

 

[Timbo Whalen]

Timbo,

I run Lucas standard stabilizer in the ‘07 Cummins Turbo Diesel…it’s good stuff!

Even added some in the manual 6 speed and transfer case.. I run all Royal purple synthetic lubes from bumper to bumper.

If viscosity is an issue, I think Royal purple has a synthetic 50w manual gearbox lube that may work for you…

Thanks, Frank, not a Royal Purple fan.

Always had good luck with Lucas products. For engine oil, we've been faithful to Mobil 1.

 

[Wasted wages]

It’s a Texas thing,,, you probably wouldn’t understand….

 

[Tim Kish]

Three pages on greasing your shaft, must be build season

 

[Buckshot]

Three pages on greasing your shaft, must be build season

Sorry I missed out on the conversation, been racing down in FL with greased and oiled shafts! Both work……

 

[Timbo Whalen]

It’s a Texas thing,,, you probably wouldn’t understand….

I know where RP comes from.

 

[Tom Foley]

The Mercury 2-4-C grease has PTFE in it. So does STP oil treatment. One of the best friction reducers.

NLA like the 101 grease from Mercury .

 

[John Beardslee]

NLA like the 101 grease from Mercury .

Tom are you say 2-4-C is NLA or STP with ptfe?
I’m just getting to my last tube of 2-4-C, it’s stickered $4.25. I bought a bunch from a marina going out of business.
I grease for assembly and use oil after the 3rd heat. It’s all messy.
Any one tried Rislone Engine Treatment?