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Old 06-12-2006 | 08:00 PM
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Originally Posted by RAL
Questions

1. Curious..does silicone chock oil breakdown over time? I found some old bottles maybe 10 years old.

2. Do you still have to run caps on the motors...the 3 on the solder tabs?? On newer motors I think no. But I have an old reedy TI. Should I run them on that??
1. I don't think so, I have some AE shock oil thats a lot older than that and it still seems ok to me.

2. You still need capacitors on motors. Many motors come with them integrated into the endbell these days, though. If not you need to install them. Reedy TI motors require add-on caps.
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