JHZR2
Staff member
Seriously... call me stupid, but how do you really do it to get a fair amount of lube in?
I went to my basement and pulled a few things - white lithium, spray chain lube and WD-40 (all aerosol cans).
I sprayed WD-40 into the hinge, trying to make sure I drove out the water. That went on/in OK it seems... then the mess.
Lithium grease makes a mess - no doubt. Chain lube does too. It just globs out. Given the aerosol cans, you can't really throttle the stream. SO you get a mess. You're in a corner, with limited space to put a hand or rag, it doesn't really get into the hinge. It sits, globs, and drips/flows onto rubber parts (which likely isn't good).
Am I missing something? Is this hinge (from my 91 BMW 318i) not serviceable? Is it something that the stupid aerosol with red straw cans just isn't designed for?
I went to my basement and pulled a few things - white lithium, spray chain lube and WD-40 (all aerosol cans).
I sprayed WD-40 into the hinge, trying to make sure I drove out the water. That went on/in OK it seems... then the mess.
Lithium grease makes a mess - no doubt. Chain lube does too. It just globs out. Given the aerosol cans, you can't really throttle the stream. SO you get a mess. You're in a corner, with limited space to put a hand or rag, it doesn't really get into the hinge. It sits, globs, and drips/flows onto rubber parts (which likely isn't good).
Am I missing something? Is this hinge (from my 91 BMW 318i) not serviceable? Is it something that the stupid aerosol with red straw cans just isn't designed for?