The door hinges on my Toro are driving me crazy. They creak, I lube them, they're good for a while then they start creaking again. I've tried WD-40, silicone grease, wheel bearing grease..... Anybody have a good solution?

 

Have you tried graphite lubricant? You can get it at any auto parts or hardware store.

 

I have used FLUID FILM with some success on the door and hood hinges for my '67 Delta, and the door hinges on my wife's '09 Chrysler 300. Also worked well on the spare tire hoist on my Silverado and that takes a real beating being located under the bed of the truck. It is lanolin based and seems to stay put regardless of temperature. Not a once and done forever thing but lasts the longest of anything I have used over the years.

 

Be aware that WD-40 is not really a good lubricant, but it is a good solvent and will actually remove any grease or oil.

 

x2 on what Kenneth stated.

I would have thought a general grease or a waterproof grease would have worked.

None-the-less, I've also used White Lithium Grease on hinges with great results.

 

No to WD 40. Remember thick grease does not get into small clearance places like hinge pins and bushings, for those I prefer motor oil. For accessible areas of the hinge like the outer edge of a roller, grease. For the inner part of the roller, oil because grease doesn't get into the its small clearance.

FluidFilm...good stuff for many applications.

Good luck!!!

 

Lubriplate is the best thing you can use. It is a white grease. Years ago I heard it referred to as duck butter.

 

For "hard to get to places" I've used non-detergent engine oil SAE 30 or 40. For accessible places a light grease.

 

I ordered a can of Fluid Film. We'll see how it goes.

 

I should caution people. White Lithium grease is a great way to get rusty guns, because it's not really a grease. It's slippery stuff, in suspension in water. It lubricates really, really well. If you let it sit, it separates and pits stuff from the water.

My guns get RUG monolithic grease. Tedd may chime in from his gunsmithing expertise, but I want a lube to both be a lube, and a corrosion preventative. My guns spend 99% of their lives in a safe, I want rust-free.

That being said, Motor Oil, Machine Oil, or Axle Grease will do it. Small oil can, once you hit it enough, it should stop for a good while.

 

X2 on Glenn’s recommendation. Lubriplate goes back decades and is mentioned by name in some of the old service manuals.

 

Here's something developed by Boeing. I just started using it, seems to work as advertised. A little pricey no long term 1st hand data. I also like PB Baster.

https://boeshield.com/why-boeshield-2/

 

That product sounds a lot like my dirt bike's Maxima Chain Wax,. But the bike product doesn't list the corrosion cleaning properties. Maybe next time, I'll clean the hinges with WD-40 and/or PB Blaster (great stuff), then lube up with the Chain Wax. The stuff is awesome on my CR500 dirtbike..

 

I have a can of Lubriplate in the shop at all times, a brass tube came in all M1 Garands butstock and I think 03 Springfields also, good stuff,Also on that shelf is a squirt can of 50/50 acetone and transmission fluid, some silicone spray, Hoppies # 9 solvent and a few others, also the ambitious WD40 and white lithium grease. I use whatever looks like it will work for the job at hand..... I'm not much help...Tedd

 

Fluid film works very good. that is what I use. I also spray it inside the bottoms of doors and rocker panels for rust prevention. Great stuff.

 

WD-40 is over-hyped crap. If you're not removing moisture, you're using the wrong product.

JB-80 is advertised as "Twice as good", but they're lying. It's ten times as good. Maybe twenty times as good. That's what I use on door hinges, but it doesn't last forever and then I have to spray 'em again six months later. Might be time to try some aerosol chain lube, or other more-waxy lube that stays put better.

For the record, I bet you find the service manual says the door hinges are to be lubed at every oil change; or something similar. Most folks go years if ever between door-hinge lubes.

 

Nothing is going to last forever. If you have to lub them twice a year I don't see that as a big deal. For most of us we only have to do two doors.

 

The 1970 Oldsmobile Chassis Service manual says the front door hinge assembly on the Toronado should be lubricated every 12 months with molybdenum disulphide (Fiske Bros. 475-10DS or equivalent) at the points indicated in Fig. 0-19 (page 0-10 of the manual).

 

Wd40 is actually great stuff when used where it’s effective.

i use it to degrease things like bike chains or swing arms. a light lube like when using Steelwool to remove rust, and as a rust/corrosion preventative, like spraying down my sleds or hydraulic cylinders to prevent rust as well aluminum corrosion in the off season.

as a good lubricant yeah it’s not that.

 

This seems to work extremely well, providing the surfaces (hinges) are clean. *Make certain the doors are aligned properly. Try loosing all the bolts in increments and spraying lube as you go. Re-tighten in increments, checking for noise.