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AirConda

I have a question, sorry if this sounds really noobish. I have dri lube at home right now. I was wondering would that work just as well as grease or should I just stick with the grease?

tonyben

I'd not chance it. Stick with grease or oil where applicable.

Laluppa

The Best manual ever! Thank you tonyben for the effort and rasorsharp instruction pictures, now i can lubricate my old warhorse M14 Winchester from 1963 much better.

From the Netherlands,

Best Regards,

Martin

AirConda

Thanks I appreicate it. I will have to pick up some grease then. Right now it is between the dry lube or my Hope's 9 Gun Oil.

wetdog1911

Thank you Tonyben!

My rifle has been apart for well over a year. Tore it down to re-oil the stock, got sick and operated on and it's been apart long enough. LOL, at least the stock got re oiled before I went in the shop.

I have a tube of the fancy red wheel bearing grease that I was *thinking* of using, but I also have a gross of those little grease pots that I picked up 20+ years ago from Fed Ord along with some magazines. They were having a sale on both. The mags were $5ea and I think the grease pots were a little less, both mil surplus.

I doubt if it would make a bunch of difference, but perhaps I'd be better off using the surplus grease? Any opinion, one way or the other?

Thanks again.

Wet

sac troop

I would use the Plastilube (little grease pot) IMHO. The red wheel bearing grease is it rated at NLGI 2 or 2.5? If yes I'd use it. If it's heavier ie, 3 or greater I'd stay away from it.

ersterderfaellt

Tony, your manuals are priceless. Big thanks!

scottz0369

Thanks for posting, it's very useful!

Bison

I was finally able to get out today and break in my new (first and only) M1A.
It was GREAT!!! I was checking this forum for good information on greasing and lubing. What a great post!
Thank you sir.

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Tonyben
After extensive research I found the modern incarnation of plastilube. It is now also used for greasing the disk brake cylinders for BMWs and some other high end high temperature apps. Readily available on the Internet. I ordered though Amazon.com. Works great and hasn't melted out so far in my experience.

ATE PART # 700015 Plastilube. Expensive but a little goes a long way!

See the photo at
http://m14forum.com/attachments/m14/...plastilube.jpg

Sorry for the link, I haven't figured out how to attach photos from an IPad.


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sac troop

I looked into this stuff before. About the only thing they have in common is the name.

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My research so far has come up with the only difference being that this Plastilube does not have the red dye of the mil spec version. It meets all the requirements for plastilube from "Lee Emerson's M14 Rifle preservation and soft lubrication" I think this stuff may be even better than the original plastilube and a more modern version due to the application.

From The ATE website:
Plastilube 700015
high temperature resistance
excellent corrosion protection
long-term stability, thereby reducing maintenance frequency
insoluble in water, excellent resistance to washing.

This is the best grease I have found so far. I Recommend try it before dismissing it.


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Today I also found out that the Locktite version of Plastilube (Henkel Teroson Plastilube) the same as the ATE Plastilube, both have basis of mineral oil and bentonite clay. These products meet all the technical specifications for Plastilube in Lee Emeson's M14 History and Development. Below is a link to the Locktite versions technical specifications sheet.

http://www.gorguluhirdavat.com/dosya...LUBE-EN(1).pdf


Lubricate 130-A and Lubriplate RG-62-A both have as basis: mineral oil and calcium soap and are basically the same. Neither are the same as Plastilube which is a mineral oil and bentonite clay product as I have seen claimed in various forums and posts on the net.


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Earthquake

I bought two 1lb cans of this at a gun show a few years ago for a $1.00 a can, It has "lubriplate" hand written on the lid...

Is this the right stuff, It is a light tan color.

Casey

sac troop

Probably not Lubriplate. The cage code on your picture is for:
KAMAN INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGIES
CORPORATION

But I don't know who owns the Lubriplate brand at this time.

Bill Ricca would be a good resource for authenticating what you have.
Also Different maybe able to tell you more about what you have.
I’ll say this if I ran across these cans at the price of a dollar a pound I’d of bought as many as I could at the time and then worried about confirming them afterwards. IMHO your not out anything money wise.