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You may get lucky and get away with cleaning the reverser wheels to flush out any muck or old oil, and then relubing by immersing in a bath of 9010 diluted 1:30 with naphtha. This has worked well for me many times.

The biggest mistake with these wheels is over oiling. The 30:1 naphtha/9010 mix gets around this as the naphtha evaporates and leaves an almost microscopic coating of 9010 behind; more than that causes problems. You could also use Lubeta which is made specifically for this purpose, although ETA would rather you just replace the wheels every time.

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