On Wed, 4 Jan 2012 18:55:06 -0500, "Stormin Mormon"
wrote:

You sound like an old man who has gained a lot of wisdom. What kind of oil
do you use? ND30, or what?

Christopher A. Young
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As a farmer, I am constantly oiling and greasing stuff. Lots of larger
motors on farm machinery need to be oiled. "Sealed bearings" is just
another way to say "disposible motor". When the bearings seize up,
you toss the motor, spend a couple hundred bucks for a new one and
more if you need an installerm V/S spending 5 minutes and 5 cents
worth of oil every year. I have machinery motors that date back to
the 1950's and 60's that still work fine, but I need to oil then
yearly. But we live in a disposible society and most people would
rather help fill up a garbage dump and spend a large sum of money
every 5 years, than spend any time oiling a motor. For me, when I had
a furnace that needed oil on motors (and most forced air blower
bearings still require oil),, I just did it in fall when I changed the
furnace filter the first time before winter. At the same time I would
oil every other motor, door hinges and whatever needed it in the
house. A half hour of time at most was needed to do all that stuff. A
pump oiler can is always available.




Non Detergent is really not a "requirement" - don't think a normal
ball or sleeve bearing cares one way or the other.

Same for multigrade - a straight grade oil MAY stand up a bit better -
but I doubt the difference would be noticeable, personally.