Lubricate Scissor Jacks
 

What do you all use to lubricate your scissor jacks? Grease, WD-40? Thanks for your help!

I use the same Teflon I use on the slide gears

X2 and on the steps.

WD-40 is not a lubricant.

This is from the WD-40 website:
I have used WD-40 on my manual sissors jack, as well as the dry lube spray used on my slide rack gear.

I spray wd-40 on them for each use. Not oily enough to cause dirt buildup, but enough for one-time lubrication

There are FAR better lubricants than WD, especially for this application. Far....

It has its place, but lubricating jackscrews isn't a good one.

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I suppose the more accurate wording would be WD-40 is not a permanant lubricant. Meaning it will lubricate for a short period of time. However it will remove any grease or other lubricant, and then evaporate itself.

So if you need to remove something that is rusty, WD-40 makes a great lubricant. However never use it for something permanant.

You could also use diesel "oil", but the long-term results would be about on-par with WD.

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For as slow as the jack screw turns and as seldom as it is actually used I see no great neat to lube it all the time. It comes from the factory with a lub on it and that's all I use. I've not added any lube in the five years I owned my last trl. If I did lube it'd be a sylicone spray.

I don't use anything anymore. I lubed mine once and every one of them would back off on its own. I had to put a vise grip on every jack until I finally got it all cleaned off.

I use spray "DRY LUBE" (various manufacturers) on all my running gear (slides and stabilizers). Not greasy and does not attract dirt.

Spray it on; let dry and you are good to go.

I live on the Texas Gulf Coast. Everything rusts here. I need a lubricant that can handle this climate. Have tried a lot of the normal stuff but nothing last very long. When the threads on the scissor jacks get rusted up, cranking gets tough. Any thoughts?