Lynx II, hull # 4225

[Robin Craig]

Bruce,

was today your birthday? I know it was Peter's birthday, Happy Birthday.

[Terry Witiuk]

Peter. If in fact it was or is your B'day....Happy Birthday. All the best!

[Lynn Eades]

The bearing carrier is probably the same as most of the Fords of that era.
In saying that there are bearings that are greasable and those that are sealed for life. They match up to the appropriate bearing carrier. Yours requires the greasable bearing and the bearing carrier that takes the grease hose.

[Tony Smith]

Originally Posted by Lynn Eades

The bearing carrier is probably the same as most of the Fords of that era.

The bearing carrier that Mac's and Dennis Carpenter list is 48-7561, which was the standard carrier used in most cars and trucks and does not have the threaded boss to accept the grease lube line featured on the 09B carrier (as pictured in the Lynx parts diagram). This grease line (from a grease cup mounted on the exterior of the bellhousing) doesn't lubricate the clutch release bearing itself, it lubricates the carrier itself sliding on the gearbox bearing retainer.

Mac's and Carpenter's item is also a new repro, while Hagen's part is NOS Ford.

[Peter Duggan]

Guys,

Takes a bit of work on a Lynx to access the clutch assembly. I fortunately cleaned off a few shelves to store the parts, just didn't expect to fill them all. Armour bits took up the floor space. Now to wait for parts and expertise.

Tony,

Thanks for the heads up about Hagen's.


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[Bruce Parker (RIP)]

Peter, think of it this way...it keeps you young.

Originally Posted by Peter Duggan

Guys,

Takes a bit of work on a Lynx to access the clutch assembly. I fortunately cleaned off a few shelves to store the parts, just didn't expect to fill them all. Armour bits took up the floor space. Now to wait for parts and expertise.

Tony,

Thanks for the heads up about Hagen's.


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[Lynn Eades]

Originally Posted by Tony Smith

This grease line (from a grease cup mounted on the exterior of the bellhousing) doesn't lubricate the clutch release bearing itself, it lubricates the carrier itself sliding on the gearbox bearing retainer.

Tony,I disagree! What I said is correct.
You need to look a little closer.
The non greaseable carrier(Ford call it a "Hub")09B-7561 has a flat surface that the "sealed for life" bearing sits against. The greaseable carrier(Hub, C09B-7561) has a hole that takes grease through to the bearing retainer, but it also has another hole that feeds grease to the bearing. The face that the bearing sits against is hollow, which allows grease to travel around between the bearing and the carrier, until it finds a hole in the back of the SE51-7580 bearing, which IS greased at the same time as the"hub" is greased on the bearing retainer.
I will also add that there is a third and fourth hole. These allow grease to the working faces of the 7515 fork.

Installing them the way Peter had it would not have helped.

[Tony Smith]

Originally Posted by Lynn Eades

Tony,I disagree! What I said is correct.
You need to look a little closer.

Well, there you go. While I have seen a few of the grease line bearing carriers (09B) and the non-grease type (48), they have always had a non-greaseable release bearing fitted (post-service replacement?). From the examples I have seen, I had thought that they were only to lube the carrier on the gearbox retainer.

Are there any modern sources for a replacement of the SE51-7580 bearing?

[Tony Smith]

Originally Posted by Lynn Eades

Installing them the way Peter had it would not have helped.

And now that Peter has oriented the bearing hub correctly, the grease fitting on the hub now points toward the hole in the bellhousing for the grease cup!

Peter, will you be getting a hose made up for this?

[rob love]

Originally Posted by Tony Smith

Peter, will you be getting a hose made up for this?

When I did my carrier, I was able to use a short grease gun hose. In reality, I should not have bothered. For all the miles any of this restored equipment is going to go, we would never wear out a release bearing, or the tube that it rides on.



Peter: I have seen a lot of things installed in ways that boggle the mind, from thermostats to brake calipers. Yours is the first time I have seen the release bearing in backwards.