Re: [T3] lubricating locks

[Jim Adney <jadney@vwtype3.org>]

On 8 Aug 2003 at 19:13, Gary Gamboa wrote:

> >clean them out, and add new grease

> what kind of grease? the latch mechanism I pulled out had thick hard black,
> probably from dirt, grease on it.

For latches I would probably use a common Moly grease, which would also be 
black. The moly additive makes for better lubrication of sliding motion, which 
there is a lot of in the latch.  

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