looking for quick answer for featherwieght
#1
looking for quick answer for featherwieght
I have my featherwight apart that I purchased but have not used. it's in very good shape but I am trying to oil it up to use. got the oil done according to manual instructions. now to lube gears.
do do I need to clean old lubricant off gears before putting on new? what should I use?
thanks, kinda o newbie wit's the featherwight
do do I need to clean old lubricant off gears before putting on new? what should I use?
thanks, kinda o newbie wit's the featherwight
#3
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Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: Corpus Christi, Tx.
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I know on my 401 I took an old stiff tooth brush to the old lube and scraped ay excess off. And wiped also. Then oiled and reapplied. Check YouTube for FW maintenance and lubing. Couple of the guys here will be able to help also. You may want to pm them. If you have a manual it should tell and show you what to do. Otherwise, You Tube.
#7
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Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: dallas tx.
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Some of that old lub is hard as rocks. Take all you can off, GENTLY, and then re-lube. And oil anything that moves as Joe says. I just brought a friends machine home and it had NO oil on it. I don't understand why people don't oil. They change oil in their cars. Don't they?
#8
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Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Michigan
Posts: 402
Barny: No, not everyone puts oil in their cars. My brother-in-law burned up his nice new truck that way. Never put oil in or had it changed. A couple years later he wondered why it wouldn't run so well--or at all. Need I say I think I married the right brother?
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