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WD40 is just kerosene - it's likely to damge rubber or plastics and will just evaporate after a few weeks.

I wonder if it is after reading these

http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/household/wd-40.asp.

http://www.lube-tips.com/focus/2006_02_15.htm

http://www.dek.com/data/wd-40.pdf


http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/askasci/chem00/chem00165.htm


Cheers

Thanks guys I would have to make sure it will not rot the rubber
How do you think a smear or break fluid would go on the rubber

Perhaps BRAKE fluid would not be the best given that it will lift paint off a car.

May not do the surrounding metalwork a lot of good.

A dry lubricant like graphite may be better but there is probably something made to do the job if you try at Autobarn or similar.

Chris

Talcum powder is safe to use (works on baby's bum cheeks!) ,and won't rot the rubber.

If you really want to spend money go and get some rubber grease from Repco or a brake specialist. Made specifically for lubricating rubber but may not be suitable for this application.

To me it sounds like something is softening the rubber - old age, heat, cleaning chemicals or just poor quality to start with. So something dry like baby powder may help dry the outer skin of the rubber so it wont stick (again sort of what it does to baby's bums).

Dru

Sorry I didn't realise about WD40.....whoops
Brian

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