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Default fan bearing grease?

On 3/19/2012 9:52 AM, N_Cook wrote:
12V, .2A, seized up due to the grease , cleaned it all out and runs fine but
what , if any, grease to replace it with?
Simple sleeve bearing .


I use heavy gun oil.
Most of the fans I fix are not frozen, but loose and noisy.
The heavy gun oil stays in the gap better than the thin stuff.
For fans without the plastic plug, an insulin syringe filled with
oil will inject right thru the label, often without removing the
fan from the box.