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I think I'm using the correct subject...we all have trunnions don't we???
While checking the oil levels on my gearbox and differential, and changing my
oil yesterday I noticed that there was grease around the zerk on my trunnions
(lower steering swivels). It also looks like there's some grease around the
rubber seal.
I suspect that my alignment guy pumped grease into my lower steering swivels
(trunnions) thinking he was doing me a favor with a free lube job. When he in
the process of balancing the tires I watched as he put grease in the upper ball
joint and then about that time got chased from the bay by the shop foreman
(insurance regs., yada, yada, yada). It didn't occur to me that he would grease
everything...since they usually don't do something you haven't agreed to pay for
on the work order. My mistake.
He obviously didn't know that only oil should be used and I didn't think to
specifically tell him not to put any grease in the trunnions.
Should I:
1) Try to clean the grease out of the trunnions. Can I do that without pulling
the trunnions completely off?
2) Pump oil in there and let the grease work its way out on its own. Will that
happen?
3) Do nothing and just worry about the future cost of replacing improperly
maintained trunnions? Never mind...I'm not going to do this one.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Thanks
Bud.
P.S. I got a reminder about a past thread about how to get those square plugs
loosened on the gearbox and differential (also the brake adjusters) when I
checked fluids this weekend.
I tried every socket (12 point, 6 point, etc..) and wrench that I had to try to
not round off the darn things but could not get them loose. I finally was
trying every wrench in an assortment of old wrenches that I'd inherited from my
father and the one that finally worked was a good old 8 inch Crescent (the REAL
Crescent) adjustable wrench. Now I'd tried a couple of other adjustable
wrenches, Craftsman, and some other brands that I don't remember but the REAL
Crescent wrench was the one that would adjust to the right size and hold it
tight enough to turn the plugs. I don't know if it's because it is thicker than
other adjustables or what but I know that it worked for me when nothing else
would. Of course I don't have any financial interest in Crescent, Blah, Blah,
Blah, and I don't even know if they are still making them, but If you can find
one on a garage sale I would buy one. The two Crescents I own say they were
made in Jamestown NY.
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