gear lube

[lliw180]

Hi all

need some advice on whats best lube to run in a gear box with plasic gears. As it for the DUKW im building it will need to be water proof what do peope run on here

will

[hawkeye3guns]

Tamiya use to have a silicon sythetic grease for the model car bearings that does not attack plastic and should do the job. I use high melting point wheel bearing grease in my axles, it is thin enough not to drag to much and is waterproof to a certain extent
regards denzil

[cupoftea]

Silicon grease seems to do the job. You can get it on e-bay http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Silicone-Mult ... 4173ce212e

[jarndice]

I always use " WHITE LITHIUM GREASE " I get it in an aerosol can which includes a straw to get in tight spots, it lasts forever and does the job on Gearboxes as well as bearings and axles. shaun

[lliw180]

i think ill need somthing fealy thick because on my DUKW ( If you take a look at my build ) you will see some small pipes covering the axles. The idear is thay are stuffing boxes. Idearly the greece that will sit inside there is more for water proofing