Holton linkage lube question
- RichC
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What is the best lube to use for this kind of linkage? I've been packing it with tuning slide grease - should I be using something different/better? It's on a Holton E185.<ATTACHMENT filename="20220312_131419.jpg" index="0">[attachment=0]20220312_131419.jpg</ATTACHMENT>
- Burgerbob
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I just used ultra pure linkage oil. Worked great for me.
- ithinknot
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[quote="Burgerbob"]I just used ultra pure linkage oil. Worked great for me.[/quote]
Heavier would be better for reducing wear. In tromboneland, Ultra-Pure Heavy lasts indefinitely on old Bach linkages and works silently without obviously slowing anything down; out in the broader hydrocarboniferous gooposphere, there's plenty of suitable grease.
Heavier would be better for reducing wear. In tromboneland, Ultra-Pure Heavy lasts indefinitely on old Bach linkages and works silently without obviously slowing anything down; out in the broader hydrocarboniferous gooposphere, there's plenty of suitable grease.
- ithinknot
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- Chalker4
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[quote="ithinknot"]<QUOTE author="Burgerbob" post_id="173521" time="1647113900" user_id="3131">
I just used ultra pure linkage oil. Worked great for me.[/quote]
Heavier would be better for reducing wear. In tromboneland, Ultra-Pure Heavy lasts indefinitely on old Bach linkages and works silently without obviously slowing anything down; out in the broader hydrocarboniferous gooposphere, there's plenty of suitable grease.
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My day job requires the specification of many different types of lubricants. They will now be know collectively as "hydrocarboniferous goop". Thanks for the chuckle!
I just used ultra pure linkage oil. Worked great for me.[/quote]
Heavier would be better for reducing wear. In tromboneland, Ultra-Pure Heavy lasts indefinitely on old Bach linkages and works silently without obviously slowing anything down; out in the broader hydrocarboniferous gooposphere, there's plenty of suitable grease.
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My day job requires the specification of many different types of lubricants. They will now be know collectively as "hydrocarboniferous goop". Thanks for the chuckle!
- whitbey
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This looks like the same linkage as my Bach bass and Cerveny euph.
I have been doing this with my old Bach bass since the 1980’s and with the new metal valve linkages as I have acquired them. I put a gob of Vaseline on the metal sockets, then hit it with a lighter/small flame just enough to melt in the lube. My old Bach bass is still quiet and fast. Also put a gob a Vaseline on the pivot and spring and hit that with a lighter. My Cerveny oval euphonium has linkage similar to the old Bach. It does really great this way too.
I have been doing this with my old Bach bass since the 1980’s and with the new metal valve linkages as I have acquired them. I put a gob of Vaseline on the metal sockets, then hit it with a lighter/small flame just enough to melt in the lube. My old Bach bass is still quiet and fast. Also put a gob a Vaseline on the pivot and spring and hit that with a lighter. My Cerveny oval euphonium has linkage similar to the old Bach. It does really great this way too.