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Old 12-26-2013, 08:45 PM   #84 (permalink)
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Lubrication 101

Someone here earlier brought up a good point regarding the film thickness and the shear drag that a hydrostatically lubricated oil system exhibits.

Basic lubrication says you have oil stuck to one metal surface like a journal bearing, and then stuck on the corresponding surface like the crank. Those atoms stuck on the surface (Gold) do not move, and the fluid rides on itself thus giving you a relatively low friction system wherein the shear of the fluid is the only resistance.

Now these nano diamond particles very small by definition, so how do they help here? Because if they're stuck to the metal, there is still a layer of oil film (Yellow), presumably many times thicker still, creating the same amount of oil film drag. If the nano particles are riding along in suspension with the film layer, they aren't helping either.



Where exactly is the friction reduced in the oil film system here?

Or is that a trade secret?

I'm guessing most folks don't understand these basic principles, so when someone comes along and says they know a way to improve it, most people are like, "All right then". Even though they didn't really know anything to begin with.

The problem with a con man coming here to this forum trying to baffle with BS is we're generally more educated than the average person, and tend to see why it is that something is bogus to begin with based on plain facts.

Now, for a gun, I can see where this would work great as advertised and have No Issue whassoever with the claims made. DiamondLube makes perfect sense for a "dry lube" type thing. Good for you. Stick with that.



Fish swim, birds fly. Same sorta, but different.

Car engines are not dry lubed, guns don't have oil pumps.