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Car Forum / Driving, Maintenance, Tuning / 4x4 Cars / September 2004WD-40 / LUBE SPRAYS.
was wanting to know if it is bad to spray the u-joints on the drive shaft with wd-40 or with other lube sprays? i have a 99 S-10 ext cab with 32,000 miles and i spray things down to keep things from rusting and i even sprayed the parts outside the transmision including the u-joints. is this not a good thing to do? my truck looks like it did when i bought it new and it's only seen snow the first year and a half since i've had it...............i have a work car for the winter times now. thanks alot. troy. > was wanting to know if it is bad to spray the u-joints on the drive > shaft with wd-40 or with other lube sprays? WD-40 is NOT a lubricant. The WD means "Water Displacement." It is plain bad for anything that needs lubrication or long-term protection. If your goal is to remove rust or grime without water then it's fine. Not sure with regard to the main intent of your question though. -John >> was wanting to know if it is bad to spray the u-joints on the drive >> shaft with wd-40 or with other lube sprays? [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > -John PLus it may was the grease out of the joints. If you want the truck to stay un-rusty then spray it with rust-o-leum, its about the same price too. > was wanting to know if it is bad to spray the u-joints on the drive > shaft with wd-40 or with other lube sprays? [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > thanks alot. > troy. If you are just applying a light coat to the outside I don't see a problem. If you spray enough to wash out any of the grease from the bearings, that would be bad. Regreasing the joints, if they aren't sealed, would be a good idea. EARNHARDT#3 schrieb: > was wanting to know if it is bad to spray the u-joints on the drive > shaft with wd-40 or with other lube sprays? I had a motorcycle sprayed all over with WD-40 (including brake disks) standing outside for >2 years. 2 Months ago I started to clean it, put the new engine in and went riding. No rust, brakes doing fine after 500meters (no, no play bike, this one has 260km/h topspeed and I've no suicidal tendencies). Good protection, this is. Axel > EARNHARDT#3 schrieb: > [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Axel That is good. I would have thought it would need reapplied. Always liked it myself. We call it "Debbie D" here, after my now grown nephew who pronounced it Debbie D when he was a tot. ;-) > EARNHARDT#3 schrieb: > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Good protection, this is. It wasn't WD-40. The WD-40 either dried up to gummy little balls within weeks or washed off. There's a recurring discussion of WD-40 in rec.guns (where rust is a real concern for safety). Some manufacturers explicitly warn against it (e.g. Ruger). It's a fine non-water wash and a decent solvent. Nothing more. -John > It wasn't WD-40. The WD-40 either dried up to gummy little balls within > weeks or washed off. There's a recurring discussion of WD-40 in rec.guns [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > -John WD-40 was was designed to protect metal from condensation and the resulting oxidation, it works great for that. Obviously it won't work if exposed to weather.  Signature____________________ Remove "X" from email address to reply. > > It wasn't WD-40. The WD-40 either dried up to gummy little balls within > > weeks or washed off. There's a recurring discussion of WD-40 in rec.guns [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > resulting oxidation, it works great for that. Obviously it won't work > if exposed to weather. Well, he doesn't state where he lives. Obviously the Pacific Northwest of the US would wash it off much faster than the arid Southwest. > > > It wasn't WD-40. The WD-40 either dried up to gummy > little balls within [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > Northwest of > the US would wash it off much faster than the arid Southwest. There are so many new products that are much better and last much longer, why use one of the oldest ones thats not very good at anything and dosen?t last. ...My 2 cents... WD40 is a pretty good cleaner. It will melt away grease so if there is even the slightest crack at the grease seal for the u-joint caps, it will get in and eventually dry out the u-joint. This is not a good thing. Now if you can pump in new grease after cleaning it so you force out any WD40, then go for it. Mike 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's > was wanting to know if it is bad to spray the u-joints on the drive > shaft with wd-40 or with other lube sprays? [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > thanks alot. > troy. |
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