locksmith was pretty strident about never using graphite to lube a lock. I did not press why. Tri-flow or some other penetrating lube is what the shop used on most everything
clay On Jul 18, 2014, at 8:31 AM, Craig via Mercedes wrote: > On Fri, 18 Jul 2014 07:02:17 -0700 Curt Raymond via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> I've got a little bottle of lock lube with PTFE thats the greatest >> stuff. Whatever the carrier is it cuts through road dirt that hardens >> up most locks and makes 'em sticky. The trunk lock in the Jetta is >> particularly bad for that. When we were in Michigan we were getting in >> the trunk nearly every day and the lock worked good. I went to open it >> today and its sticky again. I need to pull it apart and clean it good >> but the goop has done a pretty good job so far. > > I recall hearing that one should be careful on using "lock lube" on W124s > with alarm systems, that only the special Mercedes stuff should be used > and never graphite. > > Does anyone know any more about this? > > > Craig > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those > individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has > no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
