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I have been selling bearings for some time now and a guy I sold them to said that he thought the balls were discolored. Come to find out he is washing the bearings in warm water with detergent to get the factory lube out, soaking them in laquer thinner to get the water out and relubing with WD 40 to get the water out. Kind of sounds like a recipe for a bearing failure to me.
Has anybody ever heard of doing this with bearings?
I tear down after every race and clean with brakeclean, blow everything off with air, inspect the motor and I then will spray a heavy coat of WD40 on the parts if I'm not reassembling right away and cover everything with a lint free rag.
I don't know if laquer thinner will damage the phenolic or not. I personally don't think WD40 is the thing to use for assembly lube. Everyone has their secret sauce but I don't think WD 40 has enough lubricating qualities to it to start an engine before the fuel starts the lubrication process. The reason I like Risolone is that it is based on 10 wt.oil and is full of anti-corrosion agents while the motor is in storage, relatively inexpensive, and offers some protection on start up.
Has anybody ever heard of doing this with bearings?
I tear down after every race and clean with brakeclean, blow everything off with air, inspect the motor and I then will spray a heavy coat of WD40 on the parts if I'm not reassembling right away and cover everything with a lint free rag.
I don't know if laquer thinner will damage the phenolic or not. I personally don't think WD40 is the thing to use for assembly lube. Everyone has their secret sauce but I don't think WD 40 has enough lubricating qualities to it to start an engine before the fuel starts the lubrication process. The reason I like Risolone is that it is based on 10 wt.oil and is full of anti-corrosion agents while the motor is in storage, relatively inexpensive, and offers some protection on start up.