Lubricant for indicator switch.

[MysterG]

First off, grow up

On Drive it Day my right hand indicators ceased to function on my MG.
Took the column shroud off today and the little metal wire arm which moves to make contact with a metal pad/rivet was bent enough to not make said contact when the stalk was moved.
I quick bend back closer when central and all was solved.
Can't see how it would have got adversely bent other than from the friction of dragging over the plastic part on it's way to the contact.

What lubricant would be best used to help things along without damaging the plastic or shorting something or generally making things worse?

 

[Bullet2012]

Dialectic grease , but not on the electrical contact points or good old Vaseline, same thing not on the contact areas

 

[Turbo]

Silicon grease

 

[Misterg]

This stuff:

 

[premmington]

This stuff:

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That is the stuff....

 

[dobbslc]

Yep it's good gear!

 

[Ross365]

Servisol every time. Silicone grease on electrical contacts is generally avoided, especially if there could be sparling, but Vaseline is OK

 

[Turbo]

Servisol every time. Silicone grease on electrical contacts is generally avoided, especially if there could be sparling, but Vaseline is OK

Why?

 

[Red'n'Black]

Why?

Because, as I understand it, it decomposes into silicon dioxide (aka glass) and you can get a thin layer of it deposited on the contacts, which doesn't conduct very well.

Never experienced it myself, but I've always used Vaseline to stop electrical contacts corroding.