Dry lubricant on rollers?

[Alex]

did anybody ever come back with a name for the dry lube.. apart from Graphite?

[bongoman]

Sorry for not replying sooneer, not online very often these days. The weather has been so nice, that I have spent most of the time riding.

Ask any scooter dealer what kkind of dry lube they use; McLube is one, and there are more. As long as it's dry, it'll work.

I don't know if spraying dry lube will help stock rollers, I do know the Dr. P. Sliders work better, smoother.

[Alex]

well I just got back from a week in Houston, went to three bike dealers while I was there and nobody had heard of Mc Lube they thought it was a side order at Maccas, and I never saw a scooter in the week apart from in dealers showrooms. 

[bongoman]

Hey Alex,
I'll ask at shop in the next couple of days.

Re Houston . . . more motorcycles than scooters. In the fall I work Texas Renaissance Festival by Magnolia, north of Houston, and all I see are m.c.s. Lots of them on weekends.

[Alex]

I looked up Mclube on google they got some great stuff but it seems to all come in 1/2gall containers, ..their drypowder mix of PTFE/MoS would be great but I know I cant get that here...I think its graphite for me, I will give that a go

[bongoman]

tomorrow, Thursday, I can go by my dealer and find out what they used on mine.

[bongoman]

I talked to the mechanic at my dealership today about dry lubricant. He used graphite, same thing you can get at auto parts store for locks.

When I first installed Dr. Pulley sliders, I did not use anything. Then I read about dry lubricant, had the mechanic spray some on the variator, and it really made a difference overall. Smoother acceleration, smoother at slow speeds.

So nothing exotic, just plain old graphite that also makes locks work smoothly.

[Alex]

yeah I got some of that in the garage somewhere I will excavate until I find it then when I put my sliders back in I will give it a go...tks

[Alex]

turned out what I thought was graphite was MO2S powder which should be better. will report back when I get the scoot back on the road..am changing the clutch support bearing , and waiting for delivery of new rear view mirrors , so it will be 4 wheels for a week or so

[bongoman]

Hey Alex, I would like to know about that MO stuff when you get it back on the road.

[Alex]

I think this is the same stuff MOLYBOND S.F.P (ZX35) SUPERFINE POWDER supplied by ITW industries, who own Molybond , but I could not find it on their website, I will let you know how the scoot goes

[winginman]

I have some CRC Dry Moly Lube in a spray.  Anyone tried something like this?  I use this stuff when reloading to moly coat bullets.  Wonder how it might work on the sliders?  It give a slick dry coating when it dries and it dries very fast.  Looks green when sprayed on.