Keith,
I am partial to the molyEP grease. Of course, many of the listers prefer
using 90 wt gear lube in the trunnion, I believe it is to remain as close to
original as possible. I prefer the added protection offered by the moly.
Larry Zink
Z Group Racing and Performance
1964 Spitfire4
Houston, Texas
-----Original Message-----
From: Keith S. Ehrlich <kehrlich@dyax.com>
To: triumphs@autox.team.net <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Date: Wednesday, August 26, 1998 1:13 PM
Subject: trunion lube
>
>Listers-
>
>I'm thankfully beyond the halfway point of my TR6 front end rebuild
>project-all parts are out of car ( whew!), all replacement parts are in
>a box tagged and ready to go.
>
>On the question of trunion lube. The manual says use 90 weight gear oil
>and I have read much on the list over time about using the Mercury
>Outboard lube gun to get the stuff into the trunion via the nipple if
>the trunion is already mounted on the car. On the other hand, I believe
>I have seen more than one post suggesting that modern molybdenum (sp?)
>grease will perform as well, though the overwhelming discussion centers
>on the gear oil problem.
>
> Before assembling it all back together, I'd like to pre-lube the
>trunions using one or the other method and stay with it for good. My
>preference would be to use "modern grease" as it is more easily injected
>with a standard grease gun and always on-hand for other applications
>anyway. So what's a fella to do? Any strong feelings one way or the
>other would surely be appreciated.
>
>Thanks
>
>Keith Ehrlich
>74 TR6 getting ready for 6-Pack Trials
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