Question about greasing gears...
#1
Question about greasing gears...
I thought gears all needed grease, but on the upper gear on the Singer 201, the one you get to behind the round plate on the back, all I can find is the information to OIL it. Does it not need greased? (It doesn't look like there has ever been grease on it.) Is it not a gear, though it looks to me like what I think of as a gear?
The gear I am talking about is the arrow to the right of the "B" in the photo below.
The gear I am talking about is the arrow to the right of the "B" in the photo below.
Last edited by sdhaevrsi; 05-21-2014 at 04:51 PM.
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I thought gears all needed grease, but on the upper gear on the Singer 201, the one you get to behind the round plate on the back, all I can find is the information to OIL it. Does it not need greased? (It doesn't look like there has ever been grease on it.) Is it not a gear, though it looks to me like what I think of as a gear?
The gear I am talking about is the arrow to the right of the "B" in the photo below.
The gear I am talking about is the arrow to the right of the "B" in the photo below.
The engineers who wrote this weren't stupid, looking at the machine they made: It's a brilliant machine and a pleasure to use.
#4
With oil the only disadvantage would be that it needs to be done more often because (as we all know) oil doesn't stay put very long. S'pose if you have a routine of oiling every so often and don't forget to include the gears you win
Tri-flow would probably be the best thing to oil it with: I think it stays on a lot longer than regular SM oil.
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Just googled Tri-Flo lubricant and my eyes crossed. I suspect it makes a difference which version of Tri-Flo one uses where but I'll be darned if I can be sure what to use for my machines. Help, please. Thanks in advance.
Pat
Pat
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Pat,
The oil to use for sewing machines is the one on this page:
{ http://www.shop.sew-classic.com/4-Oi...e-Tools_c6.htm }
My local bicycle shop sells the same oil for the bicycles.
Joe
The oil to use for sewing machines is the one on this page:
{ http://www.shop.sew-classic.com/4-Oi...e-Tools_c6.htm }
My local bicycle shop sells the same oil for the bicycles.
Joe
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I thought gears all needed grease, but on the upper gear on the Singer 201, the one you get to behind the round plate on the back, all I can find is the information to OIL it. Does it not need greased? (It doesn't look like there has ever been grease on it.) Is it not a gear, though it looks to me like what I think of as a gear?
The gear I am talking about is the arrow to the right of the "B" in the photo below.
The gear I am talking about is the arrow to the right of the "B" in the photo below.
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