Windshield Wiper lubrication ideas

When I did dirt bikes in the good old days we would put a bread bag or baggie on it, zip tie, it or twist tie or safetywire it over the part fill it with oil and let gravity do the work for a couple of days. The oil would eventually flow downhill thru the tightest cracks and lube the works.

If you can put them in a pot, fill pot with lubricant (grease), heat until lubricant flows freely, let sit in lubricant until it congeals again and it should have flowed inside unit.

Sounds like my wife's cooking... Jeff

"oldcarfart" wrote...

I could have been in the gutter (as usual ) and used body part discription and KY as lube!

"If you can put them in a pot, fill pot with lubricant (grease), heat until lubricant flows freely, let sit in lubricant until it congeals again and it should have flowed inside unit."

I first learned this as a way to liven up motorcycle drive chains, in a 1934 English pamphlet "Hints and Tips for Motor Cyclists." It works for a lot of stuff (synchro rings, gear engagement dogs, rifle bolts). Watch the pot closely, though, and choose your grease carefully.

Big Bob, what for hell kind of windshield wipers did you use on those dirt bikes? I've seen them on sidecars, even on goggles, but a dirt bike? Kewl.