@Strap Hanger posted:LOL! You really are too funny, Pat. Look, if you think an official video on MTH's website, entitled "Diesel and Steam locomotive lubrication", in which they advise to use Red and Tacky on the gears is just the reckless, idle musings of "one tech from the service department", well then more power to you on that one. Fortunately, readers of this thread can go to MTH's website and watch the video and decide for themselves. We'll just have to agree to disagree on that one, partner.
As for your comment that I am "running with the ball that wasn't even thrown". Well, I think you're engaging in a bit of projection there. As i mentioned in my prior post, "I was just pointing out that, aside from personal preference of avowed, semi anonymous hobbyists on a message board [like you], one of the major train manufacturers recommends and uses red and tacky for their locomotives maintenance. Thought that might be useful and worth considering for anyone reading this thread, particularly those using mth engines for 2 or 3 rail". Sorry, but that certainly isn't "cramming" anything down your throat. Quite frankly, the people calling a product "junk" and claiming that "the lubricity of Tacky may be inadequate for the plastics or even damage them", without a scintilla of factual support like, you know, some examples of plastic gearboxes malfunctioning from users of the product, and attacking anyone who posts a contrary view sure seem like they're cramming something down someone's throat, and it certainly isn't nutritious as well as a pretty good example of you running with that ball past the endzone and right off the field, LOL! But hey, we'll just have to agree to disagree on this as well. Fortunately, the wonderful readers of this forum can read, watch and decide for themselves. Like you, I don't care if you use olive oil, pasta sauce or ketchup to lubricate your trains. Go right ahead and follow your anecdotal accounts of what your brother's, friend's, uncle's baby sitter heard that they do down at their club. Me? I'll follow the MTH approved videos and continue to use red and tacky for my 2 rail and 3 rail engines, some of which surprisingly have plastic gears as well (thanks Lionel), along with the many others on this forum that have been doing it for numerous years with their hard run engines (as a quick forum search will reveal).
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One thing we can agree on, I’ve never seen any grease eat up plastics ,…….I’ve yet to see anything plastic in O gauge get ruined by the grease itself……I’ve stated that before in this thread,…..my complaint with red-n-tacky is its too thick, and too gummy,……but that’s my opinion, and many many folks use it and are happy,…so let’s leave it there,….😉
Pat
