I noticed that Prolink is marketed as being "environmentally friendly." Does anyone know what the basis of this is?
Hmmm. Perhaps placing the emphasis on 'marketed' rather than 'environmentally friendly' will clarify matters. The ingredient responsible for Prolink's lubricative properties, "MFR", is a petroleum derivative -- like many other (environmentally unfriendly?) lubes. Poking about <http://www.progoldmfr.com/> yielded little else.
MFR is the chemical formula "metal friction reducer". A unique distillation process results in bonds that are extremely flexible between the metal, friction, and reducer atoms (atomic numbers 7.45, 11.33 and 3007, respectively) and slippery. So slippery in fact, they had to remove a few pairs (of slippers) to keep it from causing the fasteners that it came into contact with from leaping from their nuts or other threaded bits.
App, who uses prolink despite the marketing bull and environmental unfriendliness.
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MFR is the chemical formula "metal friction reducer". A unique distillation process results in bonds that are extremely flexible between the metal, friction, and reducer atoms (atomic numbers 7.45, 11.33 and 3007, respectively) and slippery. So slippery in fact, they had to remove a few pairs (of slippers) to keep it from causing the fasteners that it came into contact with from leaping from their nuts or other threaded bits.
App, who uses prolink despite the marketing bull and environmental unfriendliness.
Luke, I thought you were making this up but no, that is what they want us to believe...
From the Prolink web site: "Because MFR technology is so effective, care should be taken to not apply EPX Cycle Grease to bolts or fasteners that must be torqued, as they may "back off" due to vibration."