Painting Springs

[pyagid]

I am going to pull my leaf packs apart, and clean them up. I have seen some people use a graphite paint, so that the springs will slip on each other better.

What about teflon coating them? (there are more teflon coat products than just yoru non stick pans) would this hold up?


Or how woudl you suggest putting them back together for best results

-Paul

[Goose]

I tried a little trick , It's too soon to tell if it will last but here it is.

I use a spray on product called MS.Molly In my rifle barrels and on the bullets, It seems to even out the shot to shot velocity, and stays in the barrel till you use an ammonia based solvent to remove it.. Soo I I just put a new set of Rancho 2" Springs in the J-10 and man it rode like a pogo stick.. Took 'em apart and sprayed them with MS.Molly It is a molybdenum disulfide mix with something else any way It rides muuch better but I havent had it on the road long enough to tell ya how durable it will be.. The side benefit is a trick looking leaf pack that is A Gunmetal grey color.

I know cabellas sells MS.Molly About 19.00 a can and it goes a loong way, Wouldn't be surprised if you could do all 4 leaf packs with one.

[pyagid]

sounds very interesting, I probably wont be doing anything for another 2 months or so,

so let me know how it works out

-Paul

[Penguin]

Here is another trick I heard. Drive around without shocks for a short time. This will help work in the springs. Then put shocks on. I tried this with my recent project and it worked great. But I think I might have waited a little to long because toward the end it was getting really bouncy. But it is a smooth ride now.

[pyagid]

Goose, any update on how the springs are holding up?

-Paul

[Goose]

Yea still holding up no sign of rust or anything.. pried acouple leafs apart and looked in still looking good. It did seem to mellow the ride some.

[rollbar]

Just beware the Moly will get in your skin & it's painfull, you might get lump under your skin. I know a Deisel mech who uses it allot & this happened to him, he had to get it pulled out like spaggetti.

[MrFurious]

Hate to tell you, but Ms. Molly is the same stuff that farmers use on grain wagons to slick up the walls, and it doesn't cost $19 a can at your local farm supply either.

These guys were out to the Varmint hunters Jamboree in Pierre, SD a couple years back and after listening to their speel we (Mic McPherson, Darryl Holland, By Smalley, Fred Moreo, and myself) started grilling them with questions about the product. Out of the three guys there representing them (one being the so-called inventor), no one could give us a real answer. Needless to say, they couldn't give their product away moreless sell any once we got the word around.

Getting back to the topic at hand, there is a gun product that is similar and well proven called Moly Fusion by Shooter Solutions. Here's the info...

http://www.shootersolutions.com/molyfusion1.html
(Make sure to check out the Corrosion Resistance page as well)

Besides firearm applications we also use this on our cutting tools and machine raceways, and have been really impressed with how well it works. Works great on FL sizing dies as well.

[Mudrat]

But The Parsec Group has government contracts for small arms lubricants (50 cal and below proven in weapons tests at Aberdeen and other places as well as being the lube of choice now for SW Asia), rockets and space craft back down to good ol' F/A-15, 16 and 18 grease and fluid lubricants. Not sure about the Stealth series - I'll have to ask

Oh, and it works great in all my guns (but I only go up to 300 Win mag ) and the truck (5.7 Hemi) jumped 2 MPG when I doused the crank case with a quart

Pat

[MrFurious]

Just do me a favor and tell me you don't ever use JB Bore Compound in your barrels.