What is best for a squeaky Wah pedal ? Lithium Grease or Silicon

hollywoodrox

Hi I have a Slash wah pedal I bought earlier in the year with an unexpected windfall 
  It’s so much better sounding than the old GCB95 I used to have .

  Trouble is it has an annoying squeak . It may be coming from the plastic belt or the pivot point 
   Wonder if lithium or silicon is best . Didn’t want to use oil based stuff like wd40 owing to its propensity to rot certain plastics / rubber etc 

im hoping it’s the belt mostly as o don’t fancy taking it to bits as it looks like the pivot is riveted when I’ve looked online . Not sure really 

thanks 

maharg101

ecc83

Never in over 50 years have I ever heard of WD-40 'rotting' anything! Anyway, you can get greases in aerosol cans and Lithium, Graphite or Moly will all work as well as silicone. Do not BTW ever use silicone lube on metal to metal mechanisms.

Dave.

Sassafras

Haven't tried it myself but apparently castor oil doesn't rot rubber or plastics.

Sassafras

ecc83 said:

Never in over 50 years have I ever heard of WD-40 'rotting' anything! Anyway, you can get greases in aerosol cans and Lithium, Graphite or Moly will all work as well as silicone. Do not BTW ever use silicone lube on metal to metal mechanisms.

Dave.

Why's that Dave?

Esker

I agree with Dave, WD40……actually I just replaced the pot on my wahcko

hollywoodrox

I thought petroleum based products rot rubber !  

I used to use silicon on my metal detector gasket . 

hollywoodrox

Thanks yes I may go with one of them then I only need a small amount