Joe,
I wasn't very clear about which question I was talking about. I was
referring to MY original question a long time ago about packing a TOB. And
I was just trying to clarify that the advice was not to pack the TOB because
additional grease simply wasn't needed by the bearing. There was no
discussion about ancillary problems (e.g. grease getting onto the clutch
plate) in that thread.
I know you understood the question but it wasn't the question I was talking
about. I'm not questioning your theory about additional grease creating a
problem...it very well might do that. I was just trying to suggest to Kai
that he not pack the bearing with additional grease because it wasn't
needed.
This probably doesn't straighten this out at all but then again it probably
doesn't really matter and besides I don't have anything better to do ;)
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: "Kai M. Radicke" <kmr@pil.net>; "Triumph List" <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, May 20, 2001 11:23 PM
Subject: Re: Late Late Night Frustrations!
> 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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