Oiling tuners

[fourmations]

hi all

Surprisingly i could not find anything here on a search

Whats the diddley with oiling JM tuners,
how often, what type of oil/lube

i assume you squirt the oil in the little hole

rgds

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[zhivago]

I've never oiled my tuners in my life, and I've owned 40+ year old vintage Klusons for years.

never saw the need for it....maybe the fact I change tunings on my guitar often (going from the one I use in the band I'm in to standard and then to the tunings I use for my solo stuff) keeps them working ok?

who knows? 

[Surfoverb]

They talk about greasing tuners here:
http://www.fenderjaguar.net/setup.htm
My tuners are only a few years old so I dont worry about it and think unless you gig a lot and/or live in Russia or Alaska you dont have too much to worry about. But I guess its not a bad preventative maintenance thing.

[jetset]

I signed up for the Stewart Macdonald tech tips weekly email list, and ther was one on tuner repair not too long ago.  Bottom line - if they work OK then don't do a thing,  If they are not smooth then you first flush them with naptha to remove old grease and dirt, then re-lube them by injecting vaseline or a similar grease into the little grease hole.  I did this with the gnarly old Klusons on my '63 JM and it worked great.

Sign up for the email list here:
http://www.stewmac.com/newsletter

Here's an exmple:
http://www.stewmac.com/tradesecrets/ts0000.hzml

[thewizardofaz]

What I use is a product called "Nut sauce". It's a very thick, almost grease like, product. It's primarily used for nut slots, bridge slots, etc., but it works great for tuners.

[berlinbetty]

  This is something that's been bugging me.  I have two sets of Gotohs (fairly new) that are stiff and cranky and then I have a cheap-o neck with god-knows-what kind of tuners that are smooth as silk!  Come to think of it, they're probably off a stratacoustic...
  I'm going to try that naptha trick.  That sounds reasonable.

[luau]

Thanks for the links and info guys. A couple of my Mustang's tuners are really sticky from disuse and they need some love.