Bullseye Grovers....lubrication

[Brentrocks]

A couple of the bullseye grovers on my 78 sunburst feel a little "dry"

how do i lubricate them? and also not hurt the tuners?

thanks in advance!

[murkat]

Do not pull the bulls eye caps.

if you feel you must do this...

remove tuner(s) from headstock.

remove buttons, washers, etc.

unscrew button shaft from housing.

clean old lube off and replace it.

re insert, rebuild.

[Andrew]

As he says. I think a little molybdenum grease, like that for the CV joints of drive shafts, would give the best protection for vintage parts.

[Brentrocks]

thanks guys

[a.bandini]

Brent, I don't know what the best type of grease to put in there would be, but consider a good quality bicycle "white" grease. I've had good luck with that in other mechanical applications, but I'll defer to the experts on what would work best.

[Disturber]

I used fishing reel grease/lubrication. I figured those reels got internal parts that work pretty hard, and they are abused by fresh water, salt water what have you. So that grease got to be good. The old Grovers work like a charm now, no problemo for five years at least.