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RogerM 21 Apr 2008 08:39
I love it.

All those R&D departments in oil companies and bike companies all just sitting around twiddling their thumbs not specifying oils and not working out what oil is best for the bearings fitted.

Pour any old crap in the engine - lard is a good lubricant, so's vaseline, why not brew up a special batch - dash of graphite, KY jelly, bit of margarine, and some goose fat.

Dodger 21 Apr 2008 08:53
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Originally Posted by Nigel Marx (Post 185697)
I have had two bikes seize when using a type of diesel oil known around these parts as "multiversal" or "universal". It is designed mostly for agricultural and construction use, to be used in engines AND hydraulic systems of petrol and diesel engines and equipment. It worked fine in my tractors, but caused two bikes over the years to seize the engines, within 100km of an oil change. You would have thought I would have learnt the first time, right? :oops2:

Regards

Nigel in NZ

Aye , good old TUO [ tractor universal oil ] !
I used to use it in the UK when I farmed there . I don't believe it did anything particularly well , certainly it buggered up the hydraulics on my Massey crawler ,when I used it instead of proper hydraulic oil .

Dodger 21 Apr 2008 08:54
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Originally Posted by RogerM (Post 185756)
I love it.

All those R&D departments in oil companies and bike companies all just sitting around twiddling their thumbs not specifying oils and not working out what oil is best for the bearings fitted.

Pour any old crap in the engine - lard is a good lubricant, so's vaseline, why not brew up a special batch - dash of graphite, KY jelly, bit of margarine, and some goose fat.
Are we talking about synthetic or natural goose fat ?

onlyMark 21 Apr 2008 16:23
I tend to go to the rubbish bins at the rear of my local cosmetic surgeon and collect the residue from the liposuction treatments.

kbikey 21 Apr 2008 17:39
High spec diesel oil of a similar viscosity to what is called for should be fine.
When Rollie Free set the 150mph mark at Bonnieville on the Vincent one of his tricks of the trade was to clean the grease off the wheel bearings and replace it with Vasaline.

trophydave 21 Apr 2008 20:34
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Originally Posted by Dodger (Post 185760)
Aye , good old TUO [ tractor universal oil ] !
I used to use it in the UK when I farmed there . I don't believe it did anything particularly well , certainly it buggered up the hydraulics on my Massey crawler ,when I used it instead of proper hydraulic oil .

I work on the spanners in a small garage.One of our customers,a farmer,always supplies his own oil when he brings in his vehicles for servicing.I forget the brand but the container has pictures of combines,tractors etc on it.

Frank Warner 22 Apr 2008 00:29
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Originally Posted by kbikey (Post 185852)
When Rollie Free set the 150mph mark at Bonnieville on the Vincent one of his tricks of the trade was to clean the grease off the wheel bearings and replace it with Vasaline.

Milage marothon cars remove all lubricants from the wheeel bearings. They aren not concerned with how long they last (as long as they do the 'race') but they are concerned with friction - lowest friction is simply the two steel surfaces sliding .. not pushing oil/grease around... Think 100 milse is about the limit of a millage marothon race Nigel... :)


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