On Mon, 7 Jan 2013 19:31:07 -0500, "Stormin Mormon"
wrote:

I have totally no confidence that any lubrication is
permanant. Yeah, oilite bronze bearings, and all.
But, I don't believe it.

Christopher A. Young
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The "old iron" needed regular oiling, but the OIP said new in 2002 -
MOST had gone to direct drive permanently lubricated by that
timeframe.

"permanently lubed" really means "lubed for life" - as in, when the
lub runs out, it's done. Some stuff cannot be lubed without total
dissassembly. Some things you can puncture and oil - and some things
just totally go heck in a handbasket if you get the wrong kind of oil
in trying to do right.