oiling axles with plastic side frames

Synthetic oil or trannie fluid (not gender fluid🤦🏼‍♂️) doesn’t erode plastic.

@Mark V. Spadaro posted:

Synthetic oil or trannie fluid (not gender fluid🤦🏼‍♂️) doesn’t erode plastic.

What's "gender fluid", does that turn you into another gender?

@gunrunnerjohn posted:

What's "gender fluid", does that turn you into another gender?

No... please.... not here. This is the only place that's safe!😒😉

@walt rapp posted:

wheels that turn independent of the axle, since the axle is turning in the plastic side frame.

what is recommended in these cases?

No oil. It will just attract dust & dirt. Let the "needlepoint" bearings do their job.

@walt rapp posted:

...oiling axles with plastic side frames...

Only those that have wheels spinning on the axles, and even then, not on the plastic, only on the axles.

Needle-point axles in trucks or bearings made of Delrin plastic - a very slick "self-lubricating" plastic - should not need any lube. That is one of the reasons that it was used for trucks. Weaver trucks were almost too free-rolling - hard to couple a light Weaver car without it bouncing away.

Delrin is hard to paint - or hard to keep painted - the paint wants to flake off of the Delrin.

As always, thanks for making it very clear what to do.

walt

I use trans oil it changes its viscosity as it is used.

@AlanRail posted:

I use trans oil it changes its viscosity as it is used.

I don’t understand that comment. Can you add to it please.

thanks,walt

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