Reply To: Help with Gabriel Alarm Clock

[arutha]

3 in 1 is a good oil for bike chains and garden shears but not great for clocks. Its the thickness of the oil that is the problem, if you think of a mixing bowl full of water and you put a spoon into it and stir it, its easy, now fill the bowl with flour and eggs and stir it, not so easy right? Works the same way with clock pivots in pivot holes. The wrong oil can be worse than no oil at all.