silicone lube...where and how much

[i like tictacs]

i jut got some silicone lube...lol. indutrial size, theres like a quart of it here. i got it free from my job...and anyway, i was like hmm....lets try this on the imp. so i was just wondering....where exactly do you put the silicone? i thought it was on the hammer rod. just checking. btw...if you cant fnid any im sure i could hook you up

[The Legend]

Inside your ram.

Remove the back cap of your ram, use a q-tip to clean as much dow out of there as possible, try to get it all out. Cycle the ram a bunch of times, make sure to clean good.

Wipe down the hammer shaft from the front, get ALL the dow out of there. Squeeze about 7-8 drops into the ram body (Where you removed the end cap from), and 2 drops on the hammer shaft itself. Replace the ram cap, cycle the ram a bunch of times. Use 2 drops on each oring, and replace into the gun.

Dont relube until FSDO starts comming back. If the silicone works, dont touch anything. Once you notice it comming back, use a few more drops of oil.

Make sure the hammer itself and the hammer chamber are completely clean of any oil/grease.

[i like tictacs]

its more of a grease then a liquidish type thing....is it the same stuff?

[The Legend]

It should be just a thick oil. Like gold cup, but not as runny.

I'm betting you just got a silicone lube. As long as its 100% silicone its fine, but the shock OIL is what has worked best for me.

[Slow_Target]

Say Legend,
Do you use ANY dow on the hammer shaft or just the shock oil.

[Sunolplayerss]

ur supposed to only use dow.

[Weasel00]

Just shock oil. :)

Jared

[The Legend]

No grease.

I completely disassembled my ram to get ALL the grease out. Thats a bit extreme, but I'm a perfectionist. Just clean it out good as best you can, and use the oil.

[monkeybacon00]

yeah youre only supposed to use dow.

Too bad it sucks :D

It voids your warrenty, but they will never know. If you send your gun in for warrenty repair or something to sp, just make sure you clean you solenoid and all that pretty good, cuz i think they check for it. But i bet that some of the guys up there wouldnt care, they would probably be too lazy to do anything about it.

[i like tictacs]

k, i put the oil on/in the ram shaft and body. when i move the bolt back and forth with my hand it seems a little more stiff and less consistent as the dow. is that right?

[i like tictacs]

this is what i got....the guy that worked there said itd be good on pbguns

[i like tictacs]

and the back of the can...

[i like tictacs]

finally, last thing...its ok to use dow on the bolt and valve etc while using silicone on the ram asemcbly correct?

[monkeybacon00]

That lube looks fine.

yes its supposed to feel a little bit more stiff at first, mine did.

I dont know about using dow and silicon at the same time. Im looking at you legend :D

[i like tictacs]

we're both looking at you. Don't you feel ugly now? ;)

[The Legend]

That's silicone SPRAY. You need silicone OIL. That won't work on the ram like the shock oil will, and since its areosol propelled it might do damage to orings. I wouldn't use it.

Dow is a silicone based grease, its fine to use both the oil and dow at the same time.

[EnderOSC]

Where can I get silicon oil? No one in my little town has any... so I am looking for an online vendor.

Thanks.

-Jon

[The Legend]

Any hobby shop has it.

Search online for silicone shock oil...I'm sure you'll find it.

[ScorpionShutt]

me n my bro race rc cars, and they have tons of that oil at the hobby store, me n my team so lucky... it is like 50 cent for a 1 oz bottle

[EnderOSC]

What weight do you use? I see 30, 80,15, etc... suggestions?

[The Legend]

40 works well for me.

[Sunolplayerss]

What do you mean lucky for 1 oz for 50cents??? Our hobbyshop has 3ounce for 1$. Prolly go with the light stuff...15. I just assembled my Yoke GT4-R..need a engine for it..but no money yet:(

[The Legend]

Too light and it will run out of your ram.

40 seems to work about perfect.