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MOLY LUBE

#1 Post by tarasdad »

I've been looking at a number of sites which discuss tuning, lubrication etc. The term 'moly' is often used when referring to lubing a rifle. Can anyone advise what this is. Might this be the MOLY sold at Canadian Tire as a dry lubricant and actually molybdenum disulphide (as per the side of the can??) Thanks.
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#2 Post by Mulby »

Hi Tarasdad

The moly you are after is indeed molybdenum disulphide. I find it is best in a paste form, 60% moly should be a minimum. I use Lymans Moly Cream, it's a paste with the viscosity similar to that of butter. It works really well in my experience. I apply it to springs, guides, and pistons, and a 50-50 mix of it and Crosman Pelgunoil to lube linkages and pivot points. HTH,

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#3 Post by RM422 »

I use the moly lube that comes in the big grease gun tubes from canadian tire. It works great.
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#4 Post by sniper »

Did somebody mention before it also can be obtained from Honda dealer parts counter ?
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#5 Post by Mulby »

The Cantire moly grease has a very small amount of moly mixed in a carrier grease. If it works, that's great, but I would be careful not to get it on the seals. I prefer the thick paste as it stays where you put it and doesn't spatter around and get where you don't want it. Either will lubricate moving parts, but the higher the concentrate of moly and the thicker the better.

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#6 Post by ETA »

For certain applications, the dry film moly spray in a can is very good. It leaves a very slick thin moly film without oily residues. 8)
Works great coating 22XX hammers and hammer springs. A very light coating works the best. Work well on some trigger parts too.
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#7 Post by TCooper »

The low priced tubs and tubes of moly grease at CanTire have a very low concentration of moly... around 3%. A 60%-70% concentration of moly is desired for airguns and also expensive in large amounts.

Jim Macarri sells small containers of moly paste for around $5 USd.
Honda Moly-60 works fine.
Loctite also has a moly paste with 60% concentration.

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#8 Post by TCooper »

Loctite Moly Paste (65%) in 8oz container #51048. A bunch of shooters could divide a container.
http://tds.loctite.com/tds5/docs/MOLYP-EN.pdf

Honda Moly 60 (60%) in 3oz tube (Honda code #2963866 & part number #08734-0001). A couple of shooters could split a tube.
http://www.hondapowerequipment.com/ACCE ... ter_10.pdf

Jim Macarri has sent his moly paste product to Canada before. I have a couple of containers from Jim. The containers are about the 1.5" high and shaped like a coffee creamer.

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#9 Post by Jester »

I just went to the local Honda's service garage and asked the first person I saw. I ended up walking out with about 15 packs of the stuff for free. 1 pack is enough to do about 2 or 3 guns.

They said they get a few packs with every set of brakes they receive so they always end up with extras lying around.
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#10 Post by tarasdad »

Many thanks to all!!
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Alternatives to Macarri tar

#11 Post by KPB*WPG »

I just got my Butchi spring in the mail Friday and now I’m ready to tune (first time). My background is industrial equipment and automotive repair. After reading dozens of sites on Airgun tuning the subject of spring lube seems to center around Macarri’s tar as being “the oneâ€Â
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