On Mar 16, 5:52 pm, K3HVG wrote:
Yes, exactly. WD-40 is not a real lubricant (grease or oil), in
reality, so one needs to replace it with something permanent, at some
point. I've been messing with this old one I have, at the moment. The
WD-40 made it somewhat better but the old grease is still flaking out.

Beings that this one is a goner, anyway, I tried to "open it". I guess
I have to agree with the sage advice I once got. It appears it is
sealed or maybe that hex-shaped end threads on to the mounting threaded
end? It looked like it might. But, no... it won't come apart and all
I've done is make it far worse. Don't try this with yours or it'll end
up like this one!!! hi!!

Just try and lubricate it externally.

Hey Jeep, I will take your advice! I am letting it soak in WD-40 now
to see if it will get a little inside and loosen up some of the old
grease. I will then attempt to put something a little heavier in
there, oil or grease. I did put it in my cordless drill and run it
back and forth for a while and this seemed to help a little. I noticed
that it gets a little warm doing this and shows that all the old
grease has long since dried out. 50 year old grease. Thanks for the
info. 73, Randy, wb5kcm