Should you oil or grease a garage door opener chain?

[dean]

Or does that promote dust collection and gunging up?

THX!

Dean

[dean]

So thanks! What to do, grease or oil?

[Bob S.]

An old rule: If it turns, use oil. If it slides, use grease. Chain links turn.

[dean]

Excellent phrase! Thanks:)

[ToddWiedeman]

[User Example]

It needs some lube and yes it will cause some dust to cling but that is better than no lube and it isn't that much. When you oil it, wipe it down with a rag first.

[Edwin Pawlowski]

And last. You want the oil in the moving parts but try to get the excess off the outer parts to minimize the dust.

[FDR]

Bicycle chain lubricant with teflon will resist attracting dirt.

[CL (dnoyeB) Gilbert]

Never heard that before. Interesting. Ill try not to overanalyze it :)

[nospambob]

[Ross Richardson]

I oil! I greased a screw drive once and when the temperature got real cold, even in the garage, the opener would not function properly. Not knowing what to do, I had called in a repairman. He said never to use grease. I even oil the torsion springs. The even make a special spray oil for the rollers, chains, etc. The repainman gave me a can.

Regards, Ross

dean wrote:

[Tony Hwang]

Hi, I used to spray Liquid Wrench sparingly. It contains Teflon. Tony

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