[Healeys] rear springs on BJ8

Wed Aug 5 14:12:23 MDT 2015

Thanks David! That explains why I thought I should have one. I have it on the BN4 but not the BJ8.

Jim Werner

-----Original Message-----
From: David Nock <healeydoc at gmail.com>
To: Bob Haskell <rchaskell at earthlink.net>; Jim Werner <jwhlyadv at aol.com>; healeys <healeys at autox.team.net>
Sent: Wed, Aug 5, 2015 11:57 am
Subject: Re: [Healeys] rear springs on BJ8

The grease fitting is only on the rear shackle where it attached to the

chassis. This was eliminated in the BJ8.

David
Nock
healeydoc at sbcglobal.net
209 948
8767
www.britishcarspecialists.com

-----Original Message----- 
From: Bob
Haskell
Sent: Tuesday, August 04, 2015 5:44 PM
To: Jim Werner ;
healeys at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Healeys] rear springs on BJ8

There's a
grease fitting on the chassis.  It sticks out the back of the
rear mount for
the spring.  Lubes the two shouldered bushings pressed
into the steel tube
welded to the frame.

Cheers,

Bob Haskell
AHCA 3000 Mk I
registrar
http://www.ciahc.org/registry_3000mk1.php

On 08/04/2015 05:05 PM,
Jim Werner wrote:
> I just got a set the other day - no grease fitting
>
>
*Jim Werner*
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert F. Begani
<rfbegani at speakeasy.net>
> To: 'Per Schoerner' <per at schoerner.se>; healeys
<healeys at autox.team.net>
> Sent: Mon, Aug 3, 2015 6:26 pm
> Subject: Re:
[Healeys] rear springs on BJ8
>
> Sorry made a mistake they do sell the grease
fitting with the springs so
> maybe
> I got the one or two that did not have
the opening 25 years ago,
> I
> guess.
>
> -----Original Message-----
>
From: Robert F. Begani
> [mailto:rfbegani at speakeasy.net 
<mailto:rfbegani at speakeasy.net?>]
> Sent: Sunday, August 02, 2015 8:42 PM
>
To:
> 'Per Schoerner';'healeys at autox.team.net 
<mailto:healeys at autox.team.net>'
> Subject: RE: [Healeys] rear springs
> on
BJ8
>
> Hi All:
>
> My friend George does drink beer and takes old
tractors
> apart and puts them
> back together because he has 10 acres of
tropical trees and
> other plants to
> tend. His current project is to rebuild
a beam lath made before
> WW! Because
> it is unique and never made again. He
is a real keeper.
>
> Back to
> springs, I can assure everyone my rear
springs do not have grease
> nipples and
> the Moss Catalog does not show
grease nipples on the catalog
> page.  So if one
> buys springs from Moss do
they need to install fittings to
> the rear?  My
> experience  they do.
>
>
Another question, who has purchased springs from Moss
> or any one recently,
>
and did they have a threaded hole for grease
> fittings?
>
> The bolt is not
frozen and it is an easy task to unscrew the nut,
> drive the
> bolt out
slightly squirt oil or PB blaster in the opening and the
> bolt end,
> tap the
bolt back in, screw nut and tighten. Voila no squeaking for
> another
> year.
So It needs lubrication. If I decide to just lube the joint, I
> would
> take
the bolt out lube with anti-seize compound or something better
> than
>
grease. Or, I buy Moss Springs without a grease fitting.
>
> Also by the
>
way, my uncles who built their first car in the 20's from Junk
> Yard Parts,
>
advised when lubing, to spray the leaf springs with used motor
> oil mixed with
a
> little kerosene to keep them  from rusting and squeaking. I
> use PB
blaster or
> other handy spray oil to keep them lubed and maybe lasting
>
longer because my
> healey does not leak enough oil to keep the rear of the
>
car lubricated.
>
> Bob
> Begani
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
>
From: Healeys
> [mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net 
>
<mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net?>] On Behalf Of Per
> Schoerner
>
Sent:
> Sunday, August 02, 2015 8:05 AM
> To:healeys at autox.team.net 
<mailto:healeys at autox.team.net>
> Subject: Re:
> [Healeys] rear springs on
BJ8
>
> Hi
> The spring fittings should NOT be
> lubricated for movement. To
protect them
> from rusting is OK. The nuts should be
> tightened firmly. The
movement
> happens in the rubber bushes, and in the rear
> shackle chassi end,
I'm sure
> you have a grease nipple there. Quite possible
> that is seized by
now, but
> check it and you will see.
> It is my experience that
> tells my
that the left front fitting is the one
> that creates problems, it sits
>
right above the exhaust, snd it gets wet,
> warm, dry, wet, warm, cold, and
>
sooner or later it will rust to one piece.
> And as someone mentioned, don't
>
waste time to get it loose. If you can't get
> it loose in the first five
>
minutes, you will never get it loose.
>
> Best, Per
>
>
>
>
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