AdamBradley
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So I've had my beautiful sax for a year now, I had it checked over briefly at a workshop I went to, which came back with a glowing report ("If all saxes I looked at where like this, I'd be out of a job"), however what with university deadlines building up the last couple of months I've gotten rather slack with both my playing and my cleaning routines. I had a nasty shock when this morning I caught a nasty whiff that smelt almost like a smoker's tonsils, and decided I'd better give it a good clean. I decided to turn this into a bit of overall maintenance, and so whipped out my trusty Haynes Manual!
Gear oil, 75w90, it says, so I went to the garage and found nothing above 15w40! The cashier wanted to know if I was oiling a tank. A quick look on wikipedia and it seems I might be confusing gear oil and motor oil.
"For example, many modern gearboxes use a 75W90 gear oil, which is actually of equivalent viscosity to a 10W40 motor oil."
Not particularly wanting to damage my baby, I thought it best to check in here before I buy anything. Rather helpfully, Sainsbury's don't appear to have a website listing the wares they sell in their petrol stations.
Anyone able to help? 🙂
Gear oil, 75w90, it says, so I went to the garage and found nothing above 15w40! The cashier wanted to know if I was oiling a tank. A quick look on wikipedia and it seems I might be confusing gear oil and motor oil.
"For example, many modern gearboxes use a 75W90 gear oil, which is actually of equivalent viscosity to a 10W40 motor oil."
Not particularly wanting to damage my baby, I thought it best to check in here before I buy anything. Rather helpfully, Sainsbury's don't appear to have a website listing the wares they sell in their petrol stations.
Anyone able to help? 🙂