Can I lubricate plastic plain bearings with WD-40? – iglidur plain bearing podcast – episode 01

Lars Butenschön | 21. October 2020

Quite often squeaking plain bearings are treated with WD-40. But what works for creaking living room doors or rattling bicycle chains can’t hurt plain bearings, right? I will get to the bottom of this question in today’s podcast episode.

Further information on the topic:

• The detailed background to our laboratory tests with WD-40 and plastic plain bearings [Link]
• The stick-slip effect explained [Link]