What to lube vice with?

[Threadkiller]

Hey all. I just got a new to me Wilton vise. It has most likely never been greased or anything so I wanted to pull it apart and lube the screw. Any kind of special grease? Or will just regular white lithium grease suffice? Thank you in advance.

 

[Lightfoot]

that's what i have used for years. works fine.

 

[CNGsaves]

IF the hot blonde wants Lube . . . . then purchase KY Jelly, or Love Smack or whatever . . . . . satisfies your . . . VICE . . . . .

and a blonde who wants lube is a good Vice to have !!

 

[Coleman]

IF the hot blonde wants Lube . . . . then purchase KY Jelly, or Love Smack or whatever . . . . . satisfies your . . . VICE . . . . .

and a blonde who wants lube is a good Vice to have !!

Yes, you must lube her.

 

[87Pomona]

IF the hot blonde wants Lube . . . . then purchase KY Jelly, or Love Smack or whatever . . . . . satisfies your . . . VICE . . . . .

and a blonde who wants lube is a good Vice to have !!

Not another Vice/Vise post from you...

 

[SwampCat]

Not another Vice/Vise post from you...

Its OK, this ones DRY.

 

[ken w.]

I spray mine with Zepp 45 Lube.

 

[senlow]

It's best to use an extreme pressure lubricant on the screw. My preference is Molykote GN. Anti-sieze is a popular lube for this application.

I like to use a dry lubricant on the sliding surfaces. Dupont motorcycle chain wax works great.

 

[Davefr]

If you use the vise to hold greasy/oily parts enough drools down to self lubricate it.

 

[justanengineer]

Nothing. You dont lubricate a bench vise you clean them.

 

[fury9]

I use whatever is in my grease gun, It's pinkish mobil one or some ****, you could prolly use vaseline if you wanted to, now , PICS of the wilton!

 

[davesnothere]

Tiger blood.

 

[coolreed]

Anti Seize

 

[fury9]

Tiger blood.

Only from one born on the 366th day of the year though! Any other tiger blood is just not good enough, you see, the tiger birthed on the 366th day of the year has been slathered in birthing juice to the max to ensure one less complication. More so than others. The juice is produced by the rare virgin sphincter of an adult aardvark, and thus these "juice sessions" must be carried out by t................

 

[ryan t]

Lucas Red & Tacky with anti-seize.

 

[Adam McLaughlin]

Anti Seize.... the copper kind

Adam

 

[pendragon1998]

I used NLGI #2 Lithium Base Chassis Grease, for the sole reason that I happened to have it already for lubing my truck's driveshaft. I'm sure there are better options, but my vise's action still feels nice and smooth.

 

[Kevin54]

iF IT'S OUTSIDE, GREASE IT. iNSIDE A FEW SQUIRTS OF ANY OIL OR ANY GREASE YOU HAVE AND IT WILL BE GOOD TO GO FOR YEARS TO COME.

damn cap locks!!!!

 

[BK13]

I was gonna say that my vices are lubed by Astro-glide and cheap bourbon, but I see the other smart-alecs beat me to it...

 

[jrlp]

Eh, I recently had the same problem and tried engine assembly lube. Seems to be working well, even through a rain..

 

[Jslaight 67]

Under a suggestion I found on this forum , I used
Dupont teflon chain saver on the slide for the swivel part of vise. Should I have used some thing else. Doesn't seem turn as easy as I was hoping for. The vise weighs 83 pounds though.

 

[Ralf11]

Nothing. You dont lubricate a bench vise you clean them.

I've been wondering if I should lube mine.

It's only 40 years old tho

 

[seber]

I use moly powder but I'm sure moly grease would work as well. Think high pressure sliding lubricants and you wind up with moly, graphite, or extreme pressure grease. Good luck finding the last.

 

[dutchgray]

I just use a little oil

Anti Seize.... the copper kind

Adam

Anti seize is not meant to be used to lubricate moving parts, it is somewhat abrasive and will cause wear, however you would probably never notice with a vise and whatever you use to lubricate them gets full of dust and grit anyway.

 

[Coach James]

My dad installed his bench vise, a USA made Craftsman, around 45 years ago. He used it frequently, and I don't think he ever lubed it after bolting it to his bench. I brought it to my house a couple months ago and it still worked fine.

Coach

 

[Lassen Forge]

My old postless post vise with a cast screw receptacle gets cleaned and relubed with straight grease annually, the same time I do the sliders on my old Craftsman tool boxes. On the rare occasion I have to pull down and clean out my Craftsmans or Wiltons, they get dosed with powdered graphite and put back to work.

 

[Steve_P]

It's best to use an extreme pressure lubricant on the screw. My preference is Molykote GN. Anti-sieze is a popular lube for this application.

I like to use a dry lubricant on the sliding surfaces. Dupont motorcycle chain wax works great.

Yep, a high moly grease is best on the screw. I use loctite 8012. Also on puller screws

 

[slowtwitch73]

Well, as illustrated, anything under the sun is better than nothing, and what's on hand will work.

But....I would say an HP grease or lathe chuck grease (which may very well be 'HP') would be the best.

ps fireball tool did a test recently on various sizes/pitches of screws and how they performed. Surprisingly grease didn't make much difference.