Oils or grease for Trunnions

[les hamilton]

Firstly I would like to say thankyou for those who helped me with the theme " Trunnions require help". as it is to you all known Trunnions can be a bugger when they are siezed, but in all honesty,the proplem was they were not siezed on one side, the bolt which holds them together was bent due to an accident some many years ago.

I have heard from others and read that once the trunnions have been renewed that "Lower steering swivels" should be filled with SAE 80 EP is this correct ? or have I got the wrong info ?

Thanks again

Les

[alex0469]

This is a controverse disscused topic, ( wo ist die ÖL bzw Fett Fraktion wie sieht es mit eurem Englisch aus ). If you stick to the manual you are right, but there are some Peple putting grease in.

Reg. Alex

[superspitchris]

I`ve used grease for 8 years and no problems, but the manual says oil SAE 80 EP,I think grease is as good as oil, jaaaaaaa, da ist sie wieder,die Diskussion,na endlich
regards, Chris

[Rorei]

Ich verstehe nichts, könnt ihr einem nur " Deutsch-sprechenden " das Problem auch vermitteln?
Gruß Roland

[superspitchris]

ÖL oder Fett in die Schwenklager????

[Rorei]

Aha, danke!
Gruß Roland

[HolgerS]

I think that much more important than oil or grease is that you make sure that the trunnion is filled up with it all the time so that there is no way for water to get in.

[tom]

ÖL oder Fett in die Schwenklager????

genau, or

oily grease versus greasy oil

Tom

Most important is that there is something in it that lubricates

[alex0469]

A good english forum for topics like this is http://club.triumph.org.uk/forum/

Reg Alex

[MKIII]

http://p197.ezboard.com/why-gear-oil-in ... =323.topic