Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/03/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The old stand-by is automotive axle grease, the 99-cents-a-can stuff we use to repack our LBC front hubs every six months. John Van Stelten will probably cringe when he reads this, though: there ARE specialty greases available which are better for the job. German lenses from roughly 1937 or so through the War suffered from poor lubricants, as the German POL supplies were being diverted to 'other' uses. East German lenses continued to have lousy lubricants until the late 1950's before the Soviets started giving them some good stuff. Marc Marc James Small Cha Robh Bas Fir, Gun Ghras Fir! FAX: +540/343-7315