Lubricating Tuners

Philipp Zurcher · Post by **Philipp Zurcher** » 30 Dec 2017 1:47 pm

About a year ago, I lubricated those tuners on my 1958 Fender Deluxe 8 as suggested by StewMac:
http://www.stewmac.com/How-To/Online_Re ... uners.html

I cleaned out the tuners with naphtha and put in that petroleum jelly.
OK, but somehow it didn't feel right. Tuning was still a pain, some tuners didn't behave the way I was used to from modern guitars. "These are the troubles that come with old age", I was thinking.
But one day a friend of mine who is into car mechanics told me that petroleum jelly wasn't really an efficient lubricant and he suggested I used that teflon grease:
http://www.finishlineusa.com/products/b ... oropolymer

So I did the whole thing again, but this time using the teflon stuff.
The results are just PHENOMENAL!!!

I am now able to tune my 60 year old guitar much, much more accurately than many of my modern day instruments with so-called maintenance-free parts.

Just wanted to share this before the year 2017 is done.

Happy 2018 everyone!

Bill McCloskey · Post by **Bill McCloskey** » 30 Dec 2017 1:55 pm

Bobby Wolfe suggested I use a product called door ease on one of his dobros I had that were tough to tune. Worked like a charm

Stefan Robertson · Post by **Stefan Robertson** » 30 Dec 2017 2:10 pm

Ditto for Teflon Grease..

Excellent for tuners and is used the world around for professional Cycling maintenance.

You can pick it up from any cycling store on-line or retail.