[TR] dielectric grease

[Oliver]

the label?

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Danielson" <75TR6 at tr6.danielsonfamily.org>
To: "'list Triumph'" <triumphs at autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2008 7:28 AM
Subject: Re: [TR] dielectric grease


> Back when I had my horn fail on the Grant steering wheel
> (http://tr6.danielsonfamily.org/HornRepair.htm) I called Grant and 
> actually
> talked to one of their design engineers. The first thing he asked me was
> "what grease did you use on the horn ring?" None, I told him. Then he said
> that anytime you have metal to metal contact, it requires some sort of 
> lube.
> I asked if I should use dielectric grease on the horn ring and he chuckled
> and said that all grease has dielectric properties and I could even use
> bearing grease........which I did and it still  works fine two years 
> later.
> So, if he was correct, what's unique about dielectric specific grease?
>
> Bob Danielson
> 1975 TR6 CF38503U
> Running w/ Throttle Body Injection
> Toyota 5 Speed & Nissan LSD
> http://tr6.danielsonfamily.org
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: triumphs-bounces+75tr6=tr6.danielsonfamily.org at autox.team.net
> [mailto:triumphs-bounces+75tr6=tr6.danielsonfamily.org at autox.team.net] On
> Behalf Of Randall
> Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2008 12:08 AM
> To: 'list Triumph'
> Subject: Re: [TR] dielectric grease
>
>> Does this mean that if it's smeared on a metal surface, it will
>> insulate that surface from making a connection 'thru it'?  (Will it
>> have to be wiped off
>> first?)
>
> No, at least not in general.  Although the grease does not conduct, it is
> relatively easily displaced from a connection.  And the remaining grease
> serves to keep air away from the connection point, to prevent oxidation 
> and
> corrosion.
>
> Randall
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