On Sat, 18 Jul 2015 09:59:31 -0500, Ignoramus3944
wrote:

On 2015-07-18, Joe Gwinn wrote:
In article ,
Ignoramus3944 wrote:

On 2015-07-18, Martin Eastburn wrote:
Hum - keep an eye out on a 55gal drum of way oil ? :-)

I had such a drum... You think that it is better that hydraulic oil,
for lubing wire rope?

Way oil sticks way better than hydraulic oil, so it will work way
better.

But, there are protective oils formulated especially for wire rope, so
why not use the right stuff? These oils are commodities, and will be
cheap.

I have a huge amount of free hydraulic oil (barrels), and have a good
amount of way oil (3-4 gallons). Wire rope lubricant is about $30 per
gallon.

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Machinery's Handbook sez that wire rope lubricants vary according to
use. The maker of the wire rope should be able to tell you what kind
of lubricant to use. If you cannot get the info or lube then an
adhesive lubricant, such as the type used for open gearing, would be
suitable. The Handbook also sez that the lube may be so thick at room
temp that it must be heated to flow. It seems to me that a very thick
sticky lube will probably stay in place the longest. Having to heat
the lube to make it thin enough to penetrate to the core seems best to
me because when it cools it will be thick enough to stay in the core
on hot days or when heavily used. As erxpensive as wire rope is I
would think lubing it properly would be a big money saver in the long
run. Probably for you though Iggy some dude just gave you a 50 ton
spool of new surplus wire rope if you will just haul it off.
Eric