Re: Synthetic lubricants

Posted by Raleigh on July 30, 2004 at 21:57:19 from (209.145.81.26):

In Reply to: Re: Synthetic lubricants posted by Geo in SD on July 30, 2004 at 10:19:18:

Hi Geo.

I got on to Amsoil while working in a textile mill back in the late 80's. I was a mech/ele. tech and was working on automated sewing equipment. Had some Union Specials overlock machines that we were turning at 5,000 rpm continuos run. Needless to say they were not designed to run continuos or at that rpm either. Had to run needle coolers on the needles if that tells you how fast they were running.(LOL) Several times a week I would have to pull one of those sewing heads down for a rebuild. They would get so hot you could see oil vapor from heat coming out the top vent. So I got some vendors in to see what they had to cure my problem.

Couldn't use Amsoil at the time because they didn't have a clear oil at that time. But the jobber did point me to another guy that was supplying syn. oil for sewing down in NC. Outfit was named General Enterprise. After talking to the guy he mailed me several samples and told me how he would like me to do a test with it. Once I had the oil I checked the temperature of one sewing head while it was running. It was 191 f. I stopped the machine and drained the oil and put in the sample syn. white oil which was a blend. I started that machine back up and after 3 hours I checked the temperature again. It was 128 F. After testing the oil for 3 months and keeping track of rebuild on the cranks it was no problem to see we were on to something that was going to save us a lot of down time,parts and repair work. Switched everything over and we were making money then. Even did an upgrade with some Wilcox & Gibbs and ran those at 6,000 rpm. Had to run silicon and air on the thread on those to keep the thread from melting because those needles were moving so fast.

The Amsoil guy came back to visit and I started buying 100% syn oil since that day. Look in your Amsoil flyer and you will see his name from time to time. He's Jerry Reid from the Richmond Va. area. He moves a lot of oil and I've always been glad to have had the chance to listen to him. He knows his oil.

The syn. hydraulic/trans oil in my Long 2610 fixed a problem with a Fasse double remote valve I added to the tractor. It has two 12 volt coils and after haying in the spring I didn't use one side of it until the next year. Each year I had to take that valve apart and break the spool loose. It would have a little rust in the spool sleeve, just enough to keep it from shifting. Once I changed it over the valve has work OK since.

The Farmtrac had a bad case of break chatter(wet brakes). Switched that over at 50 hours and no more chatter.

I split wood here with the Long and since I change it over I don't have to wait for the hydraulic oil to warm up to get that splitter going. It flows. I also feed (unroll round bales) with that tractor. That hydraulic motor turns good at 0 deg. without sitting around warming up now.

I'll add to, that little mini van still has the same CV joints from the factory. I've used a needle on the grease gun and give it a few shots per year through the rubber. Then seal the needle hole with some RTV.

Sorry I got long winded here. Nice to meet another dealer on a farm/tractor site. You're the first one.

I know and understand why folks are shy to changing to syn. but they are changing faster in the last 2-3 years than I've seen. The semi syn oil on the store shelves has confused folks on the extended drain thing. Friction modifiers is one key and the filtration is the other. Air and oil. The stuff does what it says.

Nice to meat you and have a great day.
Raleigh

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