Lubricating van parts

[charleslabri]

I know this is a crazy time. Seems like so many people are fighting now. Its super sad.
Im really glad to be somewhat involved with a van community where folks seem to help each other out.

I recently gave an engine core- top and bottom end- to a guy who lived locally that needed it. Its things like that which make the van community nice.
There was once a community around Vespa's real similar until they became too rare. I rebuilt a 1966 150 super- i loved the community there. I miss em.

But I digress...

On to van lubrication.
Im putting the doors in my van and needed some lubrication for the little parts. You know, springs, metal on metal areas, etc.
Since we are in a time of massive cultural division, I thought, 'ILL BRING THE TWO WORLDS TOGETHER!'

So I busted out my specialized (by a tribologist) gun lubrication that ive been using after listening to the creator interviewed on a podcast about lubrication theory.
Ive been lubricating the little things on my van, and its holding up nicely.

Since I am a proud American that thinks the political climate is a chaotic nightmare, in which id rather just take a nap in a hammock by a lake with my vanagon and dog, ill put gun stuff to use in my van and feel that i did just a little bit to bring the two sides together.

[jimf909]

Many people bring guns and Vanagons together by shooting their vans on the side of the road.
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[Alaskaberrys]

Interested in more info. I find I need to get pretty well lubricated to work on some of the less appealing jobs on the van....
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[Glenn]

Gun oil is usually very light. In the spirit of diversity, you might want to use a thicker oil.

Personally I use Polylube, by Winzer. It's perfect for door hinges, door locks, sliding door parts, pedal clusters, throttle linkages and many other places.

https://www.winzer.com/product/Polylube-255-Clear-Gel-Lubricant-With-PTFE-13-oz

It's an aerosol so you spray it on, it penetrates and when the propellant evaporates it leaves a clear layer of lubricant that does not wash off.
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[Merian]

ok, is this a lubrication gun?

or is it lubrication for guns?

also what neighborhood in SFO?
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[IdahoDoug]

I'll never be able to post this anywhere and it will be lost to history forever if I don't. But I've used my vehicle to lube my gun once. Target practice out in the boonies with a variety of them with my family in May, I pulled out my ancient 12g. These things can handle rattling around on the floor of a pickup for decades with no maintenance and that's why I bought this model.

However, on this day it was not operating smoothly and became unpleasant to use, and I had nothing with me. So while they stayed down the road with the other stuff and kept doing their thing, I walked back to the truck, pulled the dipstick and dribbled lube pretty precisely into the right spots. Cycled it a few times and felt it instantly smooth out. Then with that MacGuyver-like smugness feeling of "Yeah, I got this" I walked back and we continued our outing.

So apparently gun lube works on cars and car lube works on guns....
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