evan_nguyen23•8h agoProlific Poster

Tried a new grease on the governor and now the whole thing's chattering

Had this old Otis governor in a building downtown that was running a bit rough, so I figured I'd try that high-temp synthetic grease everyone's been talking about online. Put it on last Thursday, and by Monday the whole assembly was making this awful chattering noise on every trip. Turns out the new stuff was too thin for the worn bushings (which I should have checked first, I know). Spent half my shift today cleaning it all out and going back to the old heavy-duty stuff. Has anyone else had a specific grease cause more problems than it solved on older gear?

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the_alex3h ago

That high-temp synthetic stuff is basically snake oil for anything made before 1990. I put some on a 70s-era door closer last year and it just leaked out and made a huge mess on the carpet (the building manager was not happy). Sometimes the old, thick, dirty grease is the only thing holding the whole machine together.

lily_stone761h ago

Stick with the grease the machine was designed for. That new synthetic stuff just doesn't have the right body for worn-in parts. You learned the hard way, but now you know.