[Fot] Crank end Bush grease or no grease?

[Kas Kastner]

Always being out of time with too many cars to service (rebuild) I used to 
just put the torch to the bushing, warm it really good then drop it into a 
dish of oil. Never had a problem in this area.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Greg Solow" <gregmogdoc at surfnetusa.com>
To: "MadMarx" <tr4racing at googlemail.com>; <fot at autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2008 10:58 AM
Subject: Re: [Fot] Crank end Bush grease or no grease?


> Grease could have a tendency to come out and get on the clutch disc. It 
> may
> also have a tendency to plug the pores of the oilite bushing. This is just 
> a
> guess. I try to follow what the designing engineers appear to have done. 
> If
> there is not an obvious fault in their design. For the most part, the TR
> engineers seem to have done a good job with what they did. By using an
> Oilite bush in the pilot bushing location, it is clear that they intended 
> a
> very small amount of "oil" to be the lubricant used there.
>                                                            Greg Solow
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "MadMarx" <tr4racing at googlemail.com>
> To: "Greg Solow" <gregmogdoc at surfnetusa.com>; <fot at autox.team.net>
> Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2008 9:52 AM
> Subject: Re: [Fot] Crank end Bush grease or no grease?
>
>
> why no grease?
> I have used grease since and never had any trouble....so why no grease?
>
> Cheers
> Chris
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Greg Solow" <gregmogdoc at surfnetusa.com>
> To: "Steven Belfer" <colordog.1 at earthlink.net>; "FOT" <fot at autox.team.net>
> Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2008 2:22 AM
> Subject: Re: [Fot] Crank end Bush grease or no grease?
>
>
>> The pilot bushing is captured in place by the flywheel. It should be
>> impregnated with 10 sae motor oil by soaking it in oil for  24 hours or
>> putting the bushing on top of one thumb so your thumb fills covers the
>> bottom of the center hole. Then fill the hole with oil. Then put your
>> other
>> thumb on top of the hole and squeeze both thumbs together until you can
>> see
>> oil come out through the pores on the outside of the bushing. This will
>> ensure that the pores withing the bushing have a resevoir of oil to keep
>> the
>> bushing and the input shaft lubricated. wipe off the excess oil and slide
>> it
>> into the crankshaft, Then install the flywheel. Grease should not be used
>> in
>> this location!
>>
>>                     Greg Solow
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Steven Belfer" <colordog.1 at earthlink.net>
>> To: "FOT" <fot at autox.team.net>
>> Sent: Friday, April 04, 2008 4:53 PM
>> Subject: [Fot] Crank end Bush grease or no grease?
>>
>>
>> > You know that little brash bush that sits in the back end of the
>> > crankshaft?
>> > On my TR3 it sits in there nicely, it's not tight but turn freely?
>> >
>> > Does it get a dab of grease or oil? or could that possibly foul the
>> > clutch?
>> >
>> > ~Steve
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