Yes, that's what you're meant to do. Oil, apparently, because grease doesn't
penetrate all the way through the trunnion's thread - though I believe some
have tried heating up the trunnion and/or grease first, with some success.
Someone on the list a while back suggested making up a mix of grease and
oil, which I've done since and found works really well. The resultant slop
is slightly thicker than the oil, which makes getting the lubricant into the
trunnion a little easier (at least with the cheapo cruddy grease gun I've
got)
Regards,
Neil
'70 TR6 PI
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-6pack@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-6pack@autox.team.net]On
> Behalf Of Robert L. Gannon
> Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2003 01:41
> To: 6pack@autox.team.net
> Subject: Lower Trunions
>
>
> Question to all regarding the oil used in the lower trunnions. A
> quote from a recent e-mail "If nothing else, I'm sure someone
> will mention that it's supposed to be filled with 90 weight oil
> rather than grease."
> For what reason then are there grease nipples affixed to the end
> of these? I cannot see trying to pump 90W oil into these with a
> grease gun! Anybody?
>
> Robert L. Gannon
> trsix74@comcast.net
> TR6 1974 CF22956U
> TR3A 1960 TS70951L
> http://hometown.aol.com/twodzusfittings/myhomepage/auto.html
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