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Thread: Ski box: locked out!
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09-21-2022, 07:57 AM #51
For Yakima / Thule lock cores in ski boxes or ski racks, I've found that graphite doesn't work because of water getting into the lock and freezing. Best results I've had have been with Dumonde liquid grease - basically a very thick oil: remove lock core from housing, drip it into the lock pins, reinstall. It seems to work well for keeping water out, but not being so thick that the grease itself stiffens and prevents the lock from working.
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09-21-2022, 08:28 AM #52Registered User
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09-21-2022, 10:25 AM #53Registered User
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before just taking the bus & renting skis, I used pro-gold chain lube
WD40 is not lubricant but it is good for Water DisplacingLee Lau - xxx-er is the laziest Asian canuck I know
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09-21-2022, 12:17 PM #54
Holy chastity belt
What a nightmare. Never had a problem with Thule.
Can’t imagine being locked out of my box.
Boots on. Ready to rock. Oops. Denied.
Blue balls.
I’m thinking about keeping a maul in the trunk now.
Iceman would want it that way.
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09-22-2022, 02:39 PM #55Registered User
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09-22-2022, 06:52 PM #56Registered User
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Ha!!! MOre practical intel!!!
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09-22-2022, 09:01 PM #57Registered User
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WD 40 is lubricant ?
Instead of contaminating your brakes with the carrier in WD 40, try using it to dry out your drowned-out ignition wires ?Last edited by XXX-er; 09-22-2022 at 09:37 PM.
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