What do you use to lube your stabilizer jacks?

[Wrace]

What do you use to lube your stabilizer jacks, both the threaded rod part and the various pivot points in the mechanism?

Thanks

[69_Avion]

canoe on top wrote:
WD-40 should not be used on firearms. It can penetrate primers and make them not work. Our department firearms officer told me many years ago if I had a can of WD-40 to place it under the tire and back over it. A misfire for a hunter might mean missing a duck. In law enforcement, a misfire is quite a different matter.

That information has been out since the 1970s.

Nothing beats Eezox for firearms.

[Monaco_Montclai]

well I bought a can by mistake called water displacement by w-d-40. but most time I use w-d40. use that for a lot of things. now its all happy-camping

[tworivers]

I have use WD-40 and other types of oils but I found the best is krown rust protection T 40

[Tvov]

canoe on top wrote:
WD-40 should not be used on firearms. It can penetrate primers and make them not work. Our department firearms officer told me many years ago if I had a can of WD-40 to place it under the tire and back over it. A misfire for a hunter might mean missing a duck. In law enforcement, a misfire is quite a different matter.

I hear and see all sorts of uses for, or not for, WD-40. Depends on the day, weather, season, and year it seems whether or not WD-40 is good or not. As to primers... it would be interesting to see how much WD-40 is applied to a firearm in order work its way into a primer. Makes me think maybe someone just sprayed a firearm without wiping it down... I am sure most lightweight lubricants will affect primers if too much is used.

As to who said it was good for firearms, WD-40 is advertised, right on the can, as being suitable for cleaning and protecting firearms. I don't use it for that, but I know some very experienced hunters who swear by it.

Anyways... see you on the road!

[Doug33]

I carry WD-40 everywhere I go and use it to lubricate everything from door hinges to hitch components. Did you know WD stands for "water displacement"? The 40 stands for the 40th 'recipe' the inventors went through to come up with the current lubricant.

[nomad297]

canoe on top wrote:
WD-40 should not be used on firearms. It can penetrate primers and make them not work. Our department firearms officer told me many years ago if I had a can of WD-40 to place it under the tire and back over it. A misfire for a hunter might mean missing a duck. In law enforcement, a misfire is quite a different matter.

Who said it was?

Bruce

[canoe_on_top]

WD-40 should not be used on firearms. It can penetrate primers and make them not work. Our department firearms officer told me many years ago if I had a can of WD-40 to place it under the tire and back over it. A misfire for a hunter might mean missing a duck. In law enforcement, a misfire is quite a different matter.

[Mike_LA]

I used to spray chain lube on the stabilizers, but when I ran out a while back, I applied a small amount of NEVER-SEEZ. Haven't had to reapply yet.

Pure nickel special is a superior, high temperature anti-seize and extreme pressure lubricant
Contains flake particles of pure nickel, graphite and other additives in a special grease carrier found to enhance anti-seize performance
Prevents galling on steel-to-stainless, titanium, magnesium and other hard metals.

[Huntindog]

Stabilizers don't need a high priced, high tech lube. In fact you can have too slippery a lube on them. Quite often someone posts on here about their stabilizers backing off by themselves.. Usually too much lube.

I have been using WD 40 for years. It is cheap, plentiful and effective for this job.

[RinconVTR]

Anything is better than nothing, and WD-40 is just fine for this purpose. There are a dozen better options of course, but are the really "needed"? No.

[Popupguy2001]

Grease, and when it get dirty use pressure washer. Works great.

[beemerphile1]

wmoses wrote:

beemerphile1 wrote:
I buy the stuff in gallons and use a small pump sprayer, not aerosol cans.

Gallons?? You must be exaggerating right? 🙂 But then you mentioned the pump sprayer and I an not so sure, I am intrigued.

I meant that I buy it in gallon cans, not that I use gallons.

Generally one gallon will last me several years for all uses. It is far less expensive than buying an aerosol can that only contains a few ounces.

[westend]

Glad I didn't weigh in on the WD-40 use sooner but now that the ice is broken....

At one time, WD-40 was made with coconut oil and petroleum solvent. It still contains a lot of light petro solvents. I believe they've reformulated to use other oils and less coconut oil. We'll never know what the formula is since it's proprietary. WD-40 will attack and dissolve certain rubber materials. IMO. it's a pretty poor rust preventer and of no use as a penetrant for loosening fasteners. It is good for removing water or moisture, especially for spark plug grounding and makes a fair cutting oil for tooling metals. It's major attributes are that it's cheap, abundant, and applies easily out of a spray can.

For preventing rust on stabilizers I like to use oil or chain lube, depending on environment. I use oil if I'm worried about dirt or dust and chain lube if I want the best protection and don't care about dirt.

[firedguy]

AirForceAngler wrote:
Three things I always keep in the TT - WD-40, Duck Tape and a hammer. If it moves and it shouldn't, use duck tape. If it doesn't move and it should, WD-40. If you can't fix it with a hammer, you have an electrical problem.

A practical man! Thanks for injecting a little humor into this discussion.