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Thread: Let me ask. Does anyone know what it means when the lady at the shop said the gears need to be packed ? She wanted to have me leave one of my machines to service it but I didn't have the $ at the time. She said it needed to be cleaned, oiled and the

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10-25-2011, 04:33 AM

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Pieces2

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The grease would be to lubricate the gears. If its an old machine the grease dries out. I would clean and oil the machine myself. Then she just needs to do the gears.
If the gears aren't lubricated it could ruin your machine.