Squeaking sound while opening the legs of Manfrotto 190

[batmura]

One of the clips that enables the legs to extend has started to make this annoying squeaking sound, like a bad door. I don't know if I am able to fully explain it. It happens when I do or undo the clip and it's only in one leg. Any idea as to how this can be dealt with?

 

[Designer]

I don't know if the photographers will agree, but this ol' fella would lube it. If you can see and touch the place it needs lubrication, use some paraffin rubbed on it. If you can't see or touch it, use a very high quality spray lube, silicone would be preferable, IMO. Do not use WD-40 anywhere at any time, ever.

 

[KmH]

WD-40 is 10% inert ingredients, 15% mineral oil, 51% Stoddard solvent, and 25% carbon dioxide gas which is the propellant.
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[batmura]

I don't know if the photographers will agree, but this ol' fella would lube it. If you can see and touch the place it needs lubrication, use some paraffin rubbed on it. If you can't see or touch it, use a very high quality spray lube, silicone would be preferable, IMO. Do not use WD-40 anywhere at any time, ever.

Not that I think this brand is available here in Turkey, but what would this WD-40 do to the tripod?

 

[SCraig]

Not that I think this brand is available here in Turkey, but what would this WD-40 do to the tripod?

Make it stop squeaking

 

[Designer]

I don't know if the photographers will agree, but this ol' fella would lube it. If you can see and touch the place it needs lubrication, use some paraffin rubbed on it. If you can't see or touch it, use a very high quality spray lube, silicone would be preferable, IMO. Do not use WD-40 anywhere at any time, ever.

Not that I think this brand is available here in Turkey, but what would this WD-40 do to the tripod?

DON'T use it! Seriously! It is crap! I have some spray lube that contains Teflon, and is MUCH better. I would avoid using anything that will bleed out and make a mess. Try to find something that will not make a mess with oily residue. If you can't find anything but spray lube, get ONLY a top quality spray. Better yet, use paraffin, like what candles are made from. If you can get a portion of a candle in the joint, use that. Heck, I'd even say position the tripod on a table and melt some candle wax into the joint. NO MESS!

 

[Designer]

This household has NO WD-40 on the premises. NEVER will.

 

[lambertpix]

The legs on the 190 also have nuts to adjust the locks. If you haven't already done so, I think I'd play with those just a bit to see if it makes any difference.

 

[Scatterbrained]

I don't know if the photographers will agree, but this ol' fella would lube it. If you can see and touch the place it needs lubrication, use some paraffin rubbed on it. If you can't see or touch it, use a very high quality spray lube, silicone would be preferable, IMO. Do not use WD-40 anywhere at any time, ever.

WD-40 is not a lubricant. I always get a laugh out of people who get their panties in a wad over WD-40. It's not a lubricant. Was never meant to be a lubricant. Yes, it has lubricating qualities, but so does spit. :mrgreen: The WD stands for "Water Dispersant". I know the marketing literature mentions it's "lubricating qualities", but let's face it, they're just trying to sell something.

 

[Scatterbrained]

Batmura, if you want a lubricant that is proven to work, and to withstand the weather, you can always look for a good bicycle chain lube, something like a paraffin "dry" lube. If you have a bike shop near by see if you can carry it in there and have someone put a drop or two on it.

 

[Derrel]

Water Displacing formula, 40th attempt, according to the man who formulated WD-40. It is an interesting product, for sure. WD-40 has a VERY loyal following among salmon and trout anglers in the western United STates, from California to Alaska. It's interesting to WATCH what WD-40 does when liberally sprayed on a salmon trolling plug, which is then placed in a clean glass jar filled with water and capped. Within a very short period of time, AIR bubbles will form, all over the entire lure, and will dislodge themselves, repeatedly, for minutes on end. Many guides here who fish for deep-water lake trout and landlocked salmon in clear lakes feel that salmon and trout find the air bubbles a "trigger" that indicates an organic nature to what are basically, hard, injection-moulded plastic plugs, like the famous Silver Horde, Tomic, or J-Plug.

I have caught saltwater chinook salmon using WD-40 sprayed on my rusted lead sinkers, as well as on my rotating flasher, herring dodger, or even on real, genuine dead herring baits.

WD-40 DOES have lubricating properties; anybody who say it doesn't is incorrect. It also does force water out; the attempt was to create a spray that would DISPLACE, or drive-out, moisture, according to an article I read which interviewed the creator, many,many years ago. It's a really handy product to have for uses where the goal is to get water out of "mechanisms" and "machinery", without the need to disassemble then clean,dry,and lubricate the entire device or works.

Anyway, on the tripod leg...yeah...paraffin wax. GOOD!