Yes, I understood the question and I think my answer was that I never have
greased one and have never had any problems. So why risk throwing grease
on all the insides of the bell housing if it is not necessary to add additional
grease.
Joe
levilevi wrote:
>
> Joe,
>
> The question that was posed was whether to pack the bearing or not...for the
> sake of lubrication. And the advice not to pack it with additional grease
> was the context in which that advice was given. If I remember correctly
> the idea was that it already had enough lubrication and didn't require
> additional grease, not that more grease would create some kind of problem.
>
> Bud Rolofson
> 71TR6 CC57365 (Good 6)
> 71TR6 CC65446 (Christmas Ornament)
> 66TR4A CTC57806 (The Wreck)
> 66TR4A CTC57529 (The Project)
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Joe Curry" <spitlist@gte.net>
> To: "levilevi" <levilevi@home.com>
> Cc: "Triumph List" <triumphs@autox.team.net>; "Kai M. Radicke" <kmr@pil.net>
> Sent: Sunday, May 20, 2001 5:53 PM
> Subject: Re: Late Late Night Frustrations!
>
> > Bud,
> > I think the advice is not because of the need (or lack of) for grease in
> the bearing as much as the very real possibility that packing the bearing
> > will sling grease when it is rotating and get on the disk surfaces causing
> the clutch to become ineffective.
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