Stickied a door rail from over oiling last Tuesday

I was greasing a door track on an Otis gen2 and got carried away with the lithium grease, ended up with the door sticking bad after 20 cycles. Customer complained it was dragging and I had to come back and wipe it all down with brake cleaner. Anyone else had a door rail get gummy from too much lube?

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abbyg1414d agoMost Upvoted

Last time I had a gen2 with the same issue I was absolutely convinced more grease was better. I used to slather that white lithium on like it was going out of style. Learned the hard way too when it turned into glue after a week. Now I just do a thin wipe on the rail itself and call it good.

patricia31714d ago

Oh man, less is definitely more with that lithium stuff. Learned that lesson myself after a similar gummy mess on a gen2. A tiny wipe is all you need, anything extra just turns into a sticky nightmare.