-> (If my ageing memory doesn't fail me again 8-(  I seem
-> to recall you were not a advocate of the use of WD-40
-> petroleum distillant to over come rotory moter shafts
-> whose lubricate had aged and now tended to seize the
-> shafts in their support bushings.

-> What altenative do you find more successfull please?

 In the old days I used "Sewing Machine Oil". It is a very light
"REAL"
lubricant. 
The problem is that it is difficult to impossable to get rid of the old
hardened gunk in the bearing. Particualrly if it is a Sleeve bearing. 
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