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Re: trunnion rebuild

To: "Michael D. Porter" <mporter@zianet.com>,
Subject: Re: trunnion rebuild
From: Douglas Braun & Nadia Papakonstantinou <dougnad@bellatlantic.net>
Date: Fri, 09 Mar 2001 07:56:19 -0500
At 01:47 AM 3/9/01 , Michael D. Porter wrote:

>The Lubrizol site is excellent. As for a suitable grease, any natural or
>synthetic grease meeting NGLI #1 waterproof would be suitable. The boat
>trailer bearing grease is a waterproof grease, simply meaning that it is
>not water-based (a lot of greases, strange as it seems, are!), and will
>not wash out.

I have seen conventional wheel bearing greases being called "soap based".
Is that the type of formula that does not get along with water?

Doug Braun
'72 Spit

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