> > If so, does it have to be GL4 since the trunnions are yellow metal.
>
> IMO it doesn't matter in the trunnions, since they don't get hot. But
then,
> I still have never heard of a case of GL5 harming a Triumph transmission
> beyond turning the brass dark ... I suspect that the dire warnings against
> GL5 are, at best, misguided. Especially since most GL5 oil also meets GL4
> specifications !
>
I thought the TR3 trunions were also supposed to be oiled. What I was
recently told is that the trunions are brass and the high sulfur content in
grease, like in GL5 will wear them down. Heard the same thing about
transmissions. Heard this from a source I respect almost as much as Randall
:-)
Bob
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