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Ganderite

Ganderite

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Every once and awhile I squirts some CLP or oil onto the various links and pins in my press. I runs smoother, I notice.

Last week the lever on my old Redding 6-hole turret broke - again. 3rd time in 50 years.

I drilled out the 1'2" hole to 9/16" and installed a spare Dillon handle I had. It is a bit beefier, so may last longer.

In the process I noticed that the cross pins were dry. The oil I have been squirting did not migrate onto the pins.

So i reassembled with some moly grease on everything, and made a note to re-grease them next year.
 
Yes I blow mine down once a years to get rid of grit and then re- oil all moving parts with a good industrial oil.
 
Go to your local equipment dealer and get a can of spray on "Mast Grease"

It's purposely made for the masts and rollers on fork lifts. Lasts for a long time and doesn't dry out.
 
My old Lyman Orange Crusher gets a regular lubing every year or so, type of lube depends on what i have lots of. Military CLP is what i have lots of, put that shi* on everything.
 
Grease on the ram, oil on all the pivot points. Depends on use but I usually clean my press once a year. WD40 is great for cleaning the wrinkle finish - Redding green or Hornady red.
 
Ganderite said:
Every once and awhile I squirts some CLP or oil onto the various links and pins in my press. I runs smoother, I notice.

Last week the lever on my old Redding 6-hole turret broke - again. 3rd time in 50 years.

I drilled out the 1'2" hole to 9/16" and installed a spare Dillon handle I had. It is a bit beefier, so may last longer.

In the process I noticed that the cross pins were dry. The oil I have been squirting did not migrate onto the pins.

So i reassembled with some moly grease on everything, and made a note to re-grease them next year.
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Get the crosspin spiral grooved and install a grease fitting for regular maintenance.
 
My loadmaster has grease nipples on all the pins so it’s easy to maintain
I just squirt a little oil on the ram once and a while and it’s slick smooth
 
I'm thinking when winter is happening and I'm not shooting as much Im gonna take my rock chucker apart and set up everything to be greased. It seems the new RCBS Rebel press due out this year is going to have one on the ram as factory.
 
I wore out the links and cross-pins on my old Hornady press awhile ago. It took 25 years more or less; and the tech at Hornady seemed genuinely impressed. The top end took the brunt of it. The culprit (besides neglect) is the minute amount of glass from the primers combining with oil to make a fine lapping paste over time. If I’d sprayed the offending areas out every few years I likely would have got 50 years instead of 25, but who knew? :) the worst of it was that it took so long to spot. How many times does a guy have to readjust dies before the light comes on?��

I’ve broken a few handles off. Good old metal fatigue.
 
My RCBS Rock Chucker press is 36 years old, had it apart and greased at ~18 years old, 2nd time was last year.

Did notice some wear on the pins so rotated the wear areas out of that zone.

The ram has a small bit of play but it has always been there.
 
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