Stuck lobes

So I just picked up a few WC friends and are in great shape minus one thing...the damn lobes are stuck making them useless!! I've tried soaking in pb blaster and things of the like with no progress. Want to take apart by taking out the allen screws which seems pretty straight forward. But before I go mash these things up some how, thought I would ask for any input. Thanks in advance!

Kyle Coleman wrote:So I just picked up a few WC friends and are in great shape minus one thing...the damn lobes are stuck making them useless!! I've tried soaking in pb blaster and things of the like with no progress. Want to take apart by taking out the allen screws which seems pretty straight forward. But before I go mash these things up some how, thought I would ask for any input. Thanks in advance!

This is what I did.
Use some bike chain degreaser. Work it into the lobes to loosen up the cam. Once the action is working again, use compressed air to blow out all the gunk and dry out the degreaser. Clean and dry out the cam as best you can.

Then use something like metolius cam lube to lubricate the lobes. Don't use WD-40 or anything oil based. This will attract more dirt. Cam lube is wax based and I think there are some bike lubes that are also wax based.

good luck.

Cam stops and trigger bars are in working order. Sounds like it just needs some extra cleaning and some lube. I did notice that some of the lobes will move when pushed on while others on same cam are stuck. These things came from a salt water environment so was thinking there may be some corrosion