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I see. Thanks for the clarification.

Interesting conversation regarding snubbers. Never ran a snubber on my riggers and never lost a weight because of it. I must just be lucky. Thats after 25 yrs of aggressive fishing.

Thanks guys. If the WD silicone doesn't hold up I'll give it a shot.

White lithium grease is petroleum base. Not recommended for rubber or plastic as it will cause premature break down.

X2. What you might want to consider is you want to run the same weights on all your riggers. I always ran 4 or at least had 4 riggers mounted and preferred the torpedo weights from the old Atomic mold. Always ran true, very little blow back and 1/2 the price of sharks. Sharks are the best if you don't mind paying the price. Different blow back and shaped weights will result in problems.

Well I'm guessing we will see how long it lasts as mentioned in my post. If I got to spray um 2 or 3 times a season thats Ok. 2 or 3 launches and I'm guessing I will look for something else. What do you think? Any better suggestions?

So I launched the boat last week and sprayed the rollers up in the parking lot with the WD-40 specialist silicone. Launched again day before yesterday and that boat just slid off those rollers beautiful. Very little effort on my part and very little strain on my bad back. Huge difference and so far so good. Just a matter of seeing how long it lasts now.

Sure if you need to machine it. Otherwise take it to Hank

I have a bunch of well maintained quality tools for sale as I've retired after 40 yrs in the trade. Tools will be sold for 50% of retail. Everything from mic sets to dial calipers to Hermann Schmidt height gauges to B&S dial indicators. To much to list but if your looking for anything I probably have it.

Maybe changed with the new style? When I bought mine it was lifetime on the motors.

X2. Lifetime on the motors only.

I've never been a fan of wd-40 but I sprayed this stuff on my garage door rollers and tracks and so far it's awesome. We will have to wait and see how long it lasts but I'm hoping to get the little boat in the water this week so I'll give it a shot. At my age with a bad back that boat required more energy than it should to get the boat off the trailer into the water so I'm hoping it works. Will report back after the application and I launch the the boat again.

My Scottys just keep fishing year after year. Trouble free. I have a couple since 1994. I think 2 belt replacements and a couple spool tension adjustments in all those years.

Everybodys opinion of fair chase is different, I fished for 35 yrs without riggers or electronics. Just a couple 10 color lead core rods and flat lines. When I found the fish (and I usually did) I stayed on them and kicked the **** out them. Electronics are just a tool to find them faster and get the job done quicker.

good point.

Thanks guys. I use white grease on a lot of stuff. Because of the limited time I have in the parking lot I will give the wd-40 specialist spray a shot that J.D. posted and see what happens. If I have to do it a few times a season thats OK. Otherwise I'll bite the bullet, jack the boat up off the trailer and take everything apart. Any other ideas are welcome.

Thanks for the reply. Am I to assume you have used this before and how did you get it into the rollers without taking them apart? As I said this will be done in a parking lot after I drop the boat in the lake.

I have an old EZ loader roller trailer for my small 16 ft aluminum boat. Question I have is what to use for lubrication between the rubber rollers and shafts. Something that will last awhile and not eat at the rubber rollers. Ideally something I can get in there without pulling each roller and shaft apart as this will be done in a parking lot after I dump the boat in at a launch ramp. Thanks for any ideas.