Gary and Joe,
Au contraire.
It is my understanding that oil is recommended because any grease is simply
too thick to reliabily work its way up the treads when injected. The grease
also tends to wear away from the contact surface. Additionally, from personal
experience, grease does get thicker over time and, with inevitable dirt and
rust contamination, further exacerbates the problem. When I purchased my 6,
the trunnions were jammed solid with dried out dirty grease. It actually took
a BFH to unscrew them. Attempted injection of fresh grease only caused the
grease cap on the bottom to pop out!
While Hypoy is a bit inconvenient to use, on this one (IMHO) I would go with
the ROM recommendations.
Cheers,
Paul E.
Annandale, VA
71 TR6 Damson CC67060
80 TR8 Aqua TPVDV8AT210430
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Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2004 10:06:59 -0500
From: "Gary R." <gary@tpartners.net>
Subject: RE: Why oil on the trunions?
No benefit to oil, absolutely use grease.
Gary R.
http://www.icer.net/TR6.html
74 TR6
Woodbury, CT
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-6pack@autox.team.net
> [mailto:owner-6pack@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Joseph Grant
> Sent: Saturday, January 17, 2004 9:40 AM
> To: 6Pack
> Subject: Why oil on the trunions?
>
>
> Hi,
>
>
>
> I'm rebuilding the front end on my TR6. I've read in the
> manual where it says to use Hypoid gear oil to lubricate the
> trunions. With the excellent modern synthetic greases
> available, why use oil? What is the benefit or advantage of
> using oil instead of grease?
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Joe
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