Paul -
Not sure what grease was in your trunnions but whatever the PO had in mine
(and it had been there a looong time, of that i'm sure) was still quite
viable and the trunnions moved easily and came off effortlessly during my
rebuild this winter. I saw no sign of any type of contamination. After a
good washing I simply packed a good, light synthetic grease (Mobil1?) in
after pushing some through the grease fitting to clean out the old stuff. I
agree that the manual says to use Hypoid Gear oil, but I still believe
grease is better. Of course its only my opinion....
Gary R.
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74 TR6
Woodbury, CT
-----Original Message-----
From: Paul G. Edelstein [mailto:pgedelstein@capitaltriumphregister.com]
Sent: Sunday, January 18, 2004 11:49 AM
To: 6pack@autox.team.net
Cc: gary@tpartners.net; z28quetzal@mindspring.com
Subject: RE: Why oil on the trunions?
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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