Hood Hinge Lubrication - '65 300

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What's the best way to go about lubricating the hood hinges and torsion bars? WD-40? White lithium grease? What are the lubrication points? I've got an awful squeak and the hood is getting hard to close.
 
I would be using the white lithium spray in the whole "track" for the torsion bar, as well as spraying some between the roller and the torsion bar.
 
I tried a lot of stuff. They all did the same thing.
And my OH garage door springs were driving me nutz also. Tried a lot of stuff. They all did the same thing.
Them an OH garage door installer told me to use a spray lube labeled specifically for OH door. I never heard the doors be so quiet. :wideyed:
WAIT! What about my hood hinge's? Hmmmm...

Exactly what I was looking for. :thumbsup:
 
I would use graphite or white lithium grease. Not a fan of WD40 there are much better high quality sprays although you have to pay up for them.
 
I tried a lot of stuff. They all did the same thing.
And my OH garage door springs were driving me nutz also. Tried a lot of stuff. They all did the same thing.
Them an OH garage door installer told me to use a spray lube labeled specifically for OH door. I never heard the doors be so quiet. :wideyed:
WAIT! What about my hood hinge's? Hmmmm...

Exactly what I was looking for. :thumbsup:

I use that stuff on everything.
 
WD40 is not a lubricant. I use white lithium grease and have tried Tri-flow but it doesn't last.
 
White lithium grease warning: don’t buy it in a spray can! It goes on fine, but then hardens up and is worse than useless as a lubricant.

Buy white lithium grease in a tube, like lubriplate.

First thing is to CLEAN the tracks of old lube and dirt, then lubricate them.

WD40 sucks, don’t bring it home. Buy a good lubricant with Teflon in it, much better! Or aerokroil, they have lubricant or penetrant. Good stuff.

https://www.amazon.com/Aero-Kroil-L...rds=aerokroil&qid=1560873573&s=gateway&sr=8-5
 
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Hadn't thought about it earlier, but a slide-out lubricant from the RV supply would work well too.

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You could try dry motorcycle chain lube. Basically solvent propelled graphite. The solvent flashes off and leaves the dry graphite behind. Dirt doesn't stick to it so it doesn't leave a mess.

Kevin
 
It's a RV thing where they cut out a section to SLIDE OUT so there's more room inside. If you didn't know?
 
For a lot of applications similar to this, I have used CMD extreme pressure lube. It is fairly easy to keep the application neat and tidy with the tube.
 
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