Originally Posted by WizardOfBoz

Everyone else is wrong. The best (and only!) way to lubricate loose balls is using grease extracted from the musk glands from polka-dotted (no other!) ferrets. The best of this type of grease is extracted only during leap years in which there has been more-than-average sun spot activity.

It's really the only stuff that really works. These people who suggest an industry standard grease (Phil Wood? Pah!) or worse, any standard bearing grease for the low rpm situation (cretins!) just don't get it...