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Offline aziz76

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Gear Lube
« on: March 27, 2017, 05:58:41 AM »
Hi Guys,

I am in process of building my N7, my first Nitro. Having seen Chris's excellent build video series and done quite a bit of research, I have not come across anything relating to lubing gears such as tail drive gear box bears, main gear, tail box gears etc...

I usually like to use Dry Fluid to lube all those gears on my electrics, is there any reason not to use this on a Nitro?

Thanks,

Aziz

Offline Darren Lee

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Re: Gear Lube
« Reply #1 on: March 27, 2017, 06:31:35 AM »
Nitro exhaust is a great lubricant.  8)
« Last Edit: March 27, 2017, 09:18:00 AM by Darren Lee »
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Offline Richard Rollins

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Re: Gear Lube
« Reply #2 on: March 27, 2017, 07:37:05 AM »
Although its not needed as Darren indicated , I do put a coat of dry lube on all my gears.
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Offline aziz76

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Re: Gear Lube
« Reply #3 on: March 27, 2017, 09:00:22 AM »
Cool, as long as it doesn't hurt anything, I will stick to my habit.

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Re: Gear Lube
« Reply #4 on: March 27, 2017, 06:26:22 PM »
Don't guess it would hurt.. but on a nitro model it's not needed.
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Re: Gear Lube
« Reply #5 on: March 29, 2017, 05:55:40 AM »
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Re: Gear Lube
« Reply #6 on: March 29, 2017, 03:51:13 PM »
Nitro's self lube their gears with the oil from the exhaust stream. The only issue is keeping things lubed but free from dirt and other debris.
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Offline aziz76

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Re: Gear Lube
« Reply #7 on: April 02, 2017, 05:04:41 AM »
Thanks guys