I want to service my NorVise. What are you folks using to grease the bearings? Will marine grease work? That is what I use on my Dynaking.
TyroneFly,
Why not contact Norm himself about this.
NORLANDER COMPANY
P.O. Box 926
Kelso, WA 98626
Telephone: 1-(360) 636-2525
Email: info@nor-vise.com
website: www.nor-vise.com
That’s the best way to get the correct info.
REE
REE,
Thanks for pointing out the obvious. I just sent Norm an email.
Please be sure to share what Norm tells you. I think it would be a good time for me to do the same for my Nor Vise.
Thanks.
Jim Smith
I sure will.
According to the videos the internals need no service. But then again…
Norm recommended using WD40. It will clean and lubricate the bearings.
I lubricate my vise with sewing machine oil.
Any light machine oil is just fine.
WD-40 is a “water displacement”…hence the WD. It is not a lubricant that lasts…though it has many applications.
Sooooooo…
The last 3 posters disagree with the man that manufactures the vice???
Brad
Yep…Personally I’d use Hot Sauce.
Besides didn’t someone say Norm says it doesn’t need internal maintenance. Check out the skinny on WD…great stuff but not a lubricant that lasts…was a long time before I became aware of that.
Here’s a little known fact about WD not often appreciated…if you use the aerosol can it deposits a lacquer like residue that can build up over time…ask me how I know…if used from the bulk in a hand spray bottle no problem.
So this isn’t a hijack …I will say if you use it on the vise use the bulk form.
PLEASE - PLEASE DO NOT USE WD-40 As Ducksterman mentions above WD-40 provides a water repelling FILM to a surface to repell water from getting to the base material. The BAD PART is that this film BUILDS UP and actually is STICKY. A new application of the WD-40 will soften it but then it will go back to being sticky again. Professional machinists and tool makers will not use it preferring to use a high quality petroleum material. The comment about wheel bearing grease is not bad. Good luck.
I would use teflon or graphite or reel grease NOT WD40! I lost a shotgun using it to lube the inner workings.
Interesting you say that.
I had observed friends’ shotguns getting bound up from the aerosol WD and they would clean periodically so I decided to do an experiment. I started witha clean automatic shot gun and sprayed it with WD before each hunt…3 times per week…gradually the auto slowed and slowed but each spraying kept it working. That went on for 2 seasons and it finally slowed too much. So then I set about cleaning it which included boiling water…brake cleaner …and even chipping that hardened “sticky” stuff off. As I said it is lacquer like. It was a chore but eventually I got it back to pristine condition.
If I had a Nor-vise I would absolutely not use WD …nor…[pun] on any other vise.
being in the bicycle industry 25+ years and seeing what happens when people try to lube their bike with WD-40 we took to telling everyone “WD is a penatrent NOT a lubricant”. If you ever want to mess up the workings of a bike, us WD. Not a good idea for fine running machine.
Frequently asked question from NorVise website http://www.nor-vise.com/nor-vise-questions-answers.html and one of them is “[b][i]My NOR-VISE doesn’t spin as well as it once did, how can I get it back to its original condition?”
[/i][/b]Answer is
“Likely there is some dirt, dubbing, or other stuff in the bearings. Remove rear hub (small black “O” ring) and the aluminum drive disc so the arbor and ball bearing can be removed. Wash the bearings with WD-40 or a similar product and blow or shake out the excess. When replacing the drive disc be sure to put the side with the ridge around the center hole next to the bearing and don’t press the disc tightly to the bearings”.
I take mine apart every couple of weeks and just wipe everything down with a clean rag and re-assemble.
OK, I just emailed Norm and alerted him to this thread.
Frankly I suspect he isn’t aware of the WD issues just as I wasn’t and most folks aren’t.
BTW it’s the propellant in the aerosol that is the problem.
I thought the problem was the “fish oil” vs “petroleum oil”.
It doesn’t have fish oil in it.
I was told it has anise oil in it …hence the fish attraction…don’t know if that is true or not.