vaseline good for gears?

[Daazndood]

well, i have taken my car apart, and it was very dirty. i cleaned out everything. every last little peice. so now, its as dry as the sahara desert. it still doesnt have much friction due to the metal bearings which is a good thing, but the gears are loud and dont perform very well. i was wondering what i should use to lubricate it. i have alot of vaseline, but is that good to use?

[QPizzle]

use graphite... from a pencil, it works well for me

[Daazndood]

so how would i do that. should i hold it in the air and jab the pencil end in? would that work?

[SKYHIGH]

no they sell it at hobby shops in a little tube, its ground up like a powder and really works great

[R33E8]

Or maybe you can just buy a pack of lead for a lead pencil and smash it up . And no you should not use vasiline because it will attract dirt and the dirt will stay them and grind into your gears and mess them up.

[SKYHIGH]

you should not just smash up a pencil you could possibly make it into a powder as fine as it is sold in.

[Daazndood]

you think hobby town usa would have em?

[Daazndood]

how does graphite work well? isnt it just little tiny minerals? isnt little tiny minerals the kind of stuff you dont want getting in your gears?

[QPizzle]

nah, its not bad for it at all..

[dEmOnRaCeR]

Wut does it exactly do then?

[QPizzle]

it creates less friction which makes it spin smoother, if you dont want to try it you dont have too. my car has metal bearings and i used graphite spray on every one, and it has ran smoothly for the past 2 days non stop practically and it runs perfect.

[Daazndood]

i have been hearing nothing but good about them, so i guess i will pick up some soon. but i have 1 final question. since the metal ball bearings come pre-greased, wouldnt it be bad to use graphite since it will get stuckk all over the grease contained in the bearings?

[QPizzle]

you dont put it in the bearing, just on the inside, outside part... the middle part where the axle spins in the bearing.

[pbmax]

Has anyone tried WD40 in the gears? Worked great in my combat digi-q, once upon a time. Doesn't attract gunk as badly as vaseline does.

[QPizzle]

wd40 has more chemicals which may be harmful to any plastics on the car...oil is such a mess, it gets spun out everywhere on the car and my car is in every single piece possible soaking in soap water right now.