Many clicks on this article.
And the first 'audience response' is already there:
I just read an article from you about oil additives from eg PTFE additives.
I have gained experience with various additions, and can you say that there is nothing better than "TRI STAR LUBE".
This product is not on Teflon basis, as thin as water. Looks like this too. But is really perfect.
It crawls into the valleys of the surface and attaches itself there. Every surface has peaks and troughs.
Even though the surface still looks so smooth, for example with cured cylinders. If you look at the surface under the microscope you will see
The peaks and troughs where "TRI STAR LUBE" crawls.
The engine immediately starts running much more smoothly.
You can even use it in some cases when mounting bolts and nuts for example. Eg a bolt that is turned in an aluminum housing.
Or stainless steel in stainless steel Aluminum and stainless steel in stainless steel will eat away very quickly. If you put a little “TRI STAR LUBE” on it beforehand, it won't eat away when unscrewing.
Do the test!! à Take a stainless steel bolt. Clamp the hexagon securely in a vice. Coat the bolt with “TRI STAR LUBE” and then tighten a stainless steel nut far enough
So that a piece of sure 3 to 4 cm of wire sticks out.
Then damage the wire which protrudes considerably with, for example, a hammer. Then take a sturdy ring spanner and unscrew the nut from the bolt.
Of course you have to turn hard because you have damaged the wire, but it goes off without eating.
You will normally never be able to do that without the nut and bolt sticking together.
Greetings, Jac Peeters
We already know TriStar Lube, TSL, from our contacts with Yamaha XS 650 Guru 'Heiden Tuning'. But as said, we are happy with comments on this article.
This stuff is also called chloroparaffin or chlorolefin. Invented in 1931, and used up to around 1950 in grease, until it was discovered that it degrades bronze. After that it only found applications such as cutting oil. Unfortunately, it has nothing further to look for in mechanically rotating parts and certainly not for that price!