Can You use WD-40 for western electric 500 Dial?

[Goodmen9008]

I wonder if I put WD-40 Western Electric Back rotary dial so that to stop make noise so does Mean?

[Polyrux]

I would never use WD-40 for lubricaiton. Its really only good for cleaning things and getting things un-stuck.

 

This is why I love the internet, found an old rotary phone forum, with a guide on dial-cleaning and a link to the manual.

guide: https://www.classicrotaryphones.com/forum/index.php?topic=285.0

manual : https://www.classicrotaryphones.com/kellogg-book1.html

 

This might not be your exact model but one of users with quite a bit of posts linked to it so hopefully it matches. Otherwise, I'm sure theres more posts on your exact model. Good luck it does not look fun to take apart.

[Goodmen9008]

What type oil is it?

5 hours ago, Polyrux said:

I would never use WD-40 for lubricaiton. Its really only good for cleaning things and getting things un-stuck.

 

This is why I love the internet, found an old rotary phone forum, with a guide on dial-cleaning and a link to the manual.

guide: https://www.classicrotaryphones.com/forum/index.php?topic=285.0

manual : https://www.classicrotaryphones.com/kellogg-book1.html

 

This might not be your exact model but one of users with quite a bit of posts linked to it so hopefully it matches. Otherwise, I'm sure theres more posts on your exact model. Good luck it does not look fun to take apart.

What type oil is it?

[Polyrux]

1 hour ago, Goodmen9008 said:

What type oil is it?

You'd probably want to use any mechanical oil that isn't too heavy. So maybe something like watchmaking oil as I've seen reccomended or you could probably get by with some Mechanical Keyboard Lube given how fine that is as well if you have it on hand. Good luck with the repairs, analog tech is super cool.