ring and pinion gears, to grease or not?

[Toolman]

Ring and pinions on buggy's
Do you grease yours or not?

I always have, & I always silicon my gearboxes to the chassis as well.
Just thinking that if the clutch & spur arn't greased, then why the ring & pinion.

Tim.

 

[beason]

i would say yes because there covered.. if you grease the cb / spur you will attract dirt to it because there is no cover on it which will make it wear down faster

 

[Plaidfish]

I hit mine w/ dry graphite lube when I rebuild em....I also seal my gearboxes too but dirt still gets in.....

 

[dxm2]

I use grease where ever the parts are reasonably protected, like inside the diff cases. On the spurr, I use graphite or Tri - Flow, but it doesn't last long and I'm not convinced it does much.

 

[Tweak]

I use the black diff lube and seal em up as good as possible. I then take one set of the Cerezni Racing Tranny guards and cut em to fit. Seems to keep just about everything out.

 

[Lessen]

I use white lithium grease. Personally, I think it's a bit thin for that particular use but that's just what I have on hand. Black grease would probably be better.

 

[CorradoPsi]

i use Phil Wood waterproof grease. supposed to be for bearings on bikes, but works great for rc stuff too, its nice and thick.

 

[olds97_lss]

I've been using white lightning bicycle chain lube. It's a wax based lube that goes on wet, then dries. Even though I use RTV on my savage, dirt still gets in there, so I figured I'd give it a shot. 2 gallons later and they still look new.

 

[Pinblaster]

I've been using Prizm Teflon based spray lube, it flows like water and sets up like grease when it dries. I also spray a bit on my CB and spur gear once a month. That stuff is some slick $hit. We use it to lube cams with bearing rollers on the cam followers on machines at work and I have seen the rollers start sliding on the cams rather than turn when the lube was applied :LoL: also good for hi temps so it will hold up on the CB.