Dwayne, I went through what you are doing last spring, and thought I had
checked out everything. But... I had a mechanic tell me a few months
later that the "big bolt" that goes through the trunnion had wallowed
out the trunnion itself. Check for free play on yours before you get it
back together. It might save you from having to do it again later.
R. Ashford Little II
www.geocities.com/ralittle2
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-6pack@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-6pack@autox.team.net] On
Behalf Of Dwayne Cooper
Sent: Monday, November 25, 2002 7:39 PM
To: 6pack@autox.team.net
Subject: Trunnions Anyone?
I've got the front suspension all apart in the '74 and like any good
shipwright, I'm tidying up a a little as I go. The trunnions looks real
nice
all cleaned up, turn freely, and even have little fittings which you can
remove to add oil (I think). The Bentley manual gives instructions for
overhauling the trunnion: basically dissassemble it, clean it up, and
fill it
to 25% with oil and reassemble it. Should I do this, or just just
remove the
fitting and add oil through the hole in the side? Frankly, the whole
assembly
is kind of mysterious to me, is a trunnion just a standard way to
provide a
pivot in one direction? Why the gear oil and not grease?
Thanks,
Dwayne Cooper
'74
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