Rebuilding my RF30 clone prior to CNC conversion.

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I am replacing the bearings. I bought spindle oil and I have white Lithium grease. I have no clue what was in this thing before. How should I lubricate when I re-assemble this?

Do I use spindle oil only and no grease? Is there a specific type of lithium grease I should use? I just got some from the auto parts store.

Or do I pack the bearings in lithium grease? If so, where does the spindle oil go?

When people install one-shot lube systems it seems that everything, spindle, ways and ball-screws gets exactly the same oil. What oil might this be?

Up to this point I thought the machine was going to use a combination of grease and oil. Not sure what goes where now, particularly when I think about one-shot lube systems.


Thanks,

-Martin