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WD40 is not a good thing to put in the choppers. It can gum them up and also mess up the seals. WD is an ok lube but it is meant for displacing water.
I have a 2010 M&R Sportsman E with 80,000 impresssions on it . There are about 3 heads that the squeegee lowers at the same speed but raises slower on one side than the other. One of them raises much slower on one side than the other. I've checked the pivot bolts to make sure that one isn't tighter than the other. I'm getting about 1 drop of oil per 6 indexes from the oiler. I've never had water in the press "I check the condensation bowl about every 3 days and have 3 water traps between the the chiller and the press, so the chiller is working fine. I have drained the air from the press and dropped a couple of drops of oil in each air hose connected to the chopper cylinders and that doesn't seem to help. So I was wondering if anyone had tried squirting wd40 into the chopper cylinders or would that completely screw it up? I wanted to ask before I tried it.
Quote from: ShirtShackandMore on September 14, 2013, 03:13:46 PMI have a 2010 M&R Sportsman E with 80,000 impresssions on it . There are about 3 heads that the squeegee lowers at the same speed but raises slower on one side than the other. One of them raises much slower on one side than the other. I've checked the pivot bolts to make sure that one isn't tighter than the other. I'm getting about 1 drop of oil per 6 indexes from the oiler. I've never had water in the press "I check the condensation bowl about every 3 days and have 3 water traps between the the chiller and the press, so the chiller is working fine. I have drained the air from the press and dropped a couple of drops of oil in each air hose connected to the chopper cylinders and that doesn't seem to help. So I was wondering if anyone had tried squirting wd40 into the chopper cylinders or would that completely screw it up? I wanted to ask before I tried it.do not use wd40 in the cylinders. 10 weight non detergent oil or air tools oil which is 5 weight is the proper lubricant. Using too much oil is just as bad as using too little oil. The oil can wash away the special lubricant inside the cylinder if there is too much. Call me on Monday to discuss. Your cylinders should not be going bad this soon and I would like to try and find out why.