When I rebuilt my tranny I used laquer thinner and soaked them in that and
if it was too gunked I used a tooth brush and some Gunk to remove the rest
of the grease. I then either rinsed them off in water or blew them clean
with my air gun. After washing them I immediately blew off the water and
immersed the gears in WD40 and then put engine oil on them to protect them.
Not pretty or clean work but worth it.
Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan Neuman" <dneuman@quark.sfsu.edu>
To: <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, October 07, 2001 10:29 PM
Subject: OT old lathe tune up
> Hello All,
> Nother kinda off topic post. I have just 'scored' and old craftsman
> 12" lathe from my work. They didn't want it and were going to surplus it
sooo
> I got it. Its got a four-jaw chuck and three jaw chuck and power feeds in
> both directions and threading attachments and tons of stuff like parting
> tools and live centers its a model 101.28980
> Here's my question, its been sitting for a while and has not been
> lubricated-adjusted or run correctly (I just found the 'lost' manual when
we
> were moving it-so thats how you ingage the back gear.....) Its got lots of
old
> grimy grease on the gears and I need to tighten up and basically adjust
> everything. With the help of the manual I now know how to do that but I
really
> want to clean off the 20yrs of old grease and grime and give everything a
> fresh coat of lubricant.
> Can anybody offer any tips on how to clean up the old nasty grease
> and or advice on 'tightening' things up??
> Thanks,
> Daniel in SF
>
> ///
> /// datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net mailing list
> /// Send admin requests to majordomo@autox.team.net or go to
> /// http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool
> /// Send list postings to datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
> ///
///
/// datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net mailing list
///
|