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Looking for technical advise from the group on what type of lube to use on the cruise control comutator (aka clockspring) for a non-airbag steering wheel. The old grease I cleaned out was a greenish di-electric looking type lube but I want to make sure it's not supposed to have a conductive type grease since this really isn't a place where water/corrosion is a problem. Thanks in advance.
And just so you know dielectric grease is not generally conductive and in some circumstances can act as an insulator. It is what my local CATV company uses to weatherproof the outdoor coax connections.
Ford actually came out with another type of grease that is conductive called XG-12 electrical grease that is somewhat electrically conductive.
With that being said I think dielectric (non conductive) grease would be fine in lubing the contacts there (by the way, this isn't called a clock spring) because that is exactly what I used on my '93 when it started making scraping noises when turning the steering wheel a decade ago and it has been silent since and wheel controls work perfectly.
Probably not what Ford would have used though.
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