What should I use for oil for a deep groove ruby subplatter TT bearing?

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eric the red

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My deep groove subplatter change out involves installing their ruby bearing in place of the standard Rega bearing. What kind of oil should I be using with the new bearing?   :scratch: TIA

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doug s.

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what tcg recommends would work; i like castrol syntec 5w50.

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Tufoil Engine Lubricant is Guinness Book of World Records certified as "The World's Most Efficient Lubricant." Slipperier than Teflon to make engines start easier, run cleaner, faster, and longer. Tufoil is a super-suspension of micro-miniature PTFE particles and soluble Molybdenum, permanently suspended in oil. All moving parts become coated with PTFE particles which reduce friction and wear and will not clog filters or oil openings. Safe for all gas and diesel engines. 8 oz.

Lower co-efficient of drag is nearly never a bad thing when mechanical parts are in intimate contact with one another.  Tufoil has lower co-efficient of drag than any known synthetic or fossil-fuel based oil, silicone or blend, Marvel Mystery, Sewing Machine, Mineral, pure Teflon or Molybdenum oil or grease.

It's just the slipperiest stuff we mere mortals can get our hands on...and it's sanely priced.

My three cars now have much lower engine operating temps (easy to tell as every car has a gauge for this), a small, but notable improvement in mileage of 3-5% each, and more responsiveness to the accelerator (I assume that means more HP, but I've never measured it).  What works on a metal to metal surface from piston to cylinder wall at temps in the hundreds of degrees will surely work without issue in your relatively cool running TT bearing well  :D

Reducing friction even 5% in your bearing well will translate to more lovely inky blackness (isolation from mechanical chatter) that belt drivers already excel at from their initial design itself.

Try it, if for any reason you don't like it...fish it out of your bearing with a Q-tips and patience and put something else in there.  The cheaper the bearing, the better the effect.

The effect was astounding with my Thorens TD-316...and merely 'okay' with my VPI HW-19.  I assume the difference is the quality if the bearings at the start more than anything else. It's a helluva' upgrade for most of you belt drivers out there  :thumb: