Looks like it would be extra hassle to seal those shafts to hold oil, and
your usage sounds very modest, so I'd probably just use grease. Even
ordinary grease gun grease should do fine.
But don't forget that no matter how good your bearings are, if the engine's
center of mass is not on the bearing axis, the gear drive will have to lift
some portion of the weight of the motor.
That's been my biggest complaint with the cheap engines stands. The arms
force the stand pivot to be roughly in-line with the main journals, which
puts most of the weight of the block and head off to one side.
-- Randall
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