Flexowriter lubrication

[Christian Corti]

On Fri, 20 Mar 2009, Roger Holmes wrote:
> One of my Flexowriters has just had its mains cable replaced and then turned 
> on for the first time in about 25 years. Apart from surface rust and the 
> printing levers not going back down, and the ribbon breaking, it seemed to 
> work fine. Does anyone know what grade(s) of oils/greases to use on which 
> parts? The rubber parts and carriage return band even seem good but would

Have a look at the Flexowriter Operation and Adjustment Manual, section 
VI, chapter 3. The manual can be found here:
ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/pub/cm/friden/Flexowriter_OperationAndAdjustment.pdf

Christian