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rear wheel lubrication
HI ALL,
recrntly I have done the bracks in my carrier. I ddid put some greas on the bearings when I put them back, and here is the qustion- how does it lubricated? only thru the oil bolt on the wheel? how much oil shuls I put in? there is a lot of place for a lot of oil. Im gussing that that the oil "thrown" when the wheel spins, still, huw much oil?? thanks arie |
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Arie,No oil in the bearings. Just use a modern wheel bearing grease for packing the bearings. Don't fill the cavity. Maybe a smear around the inside if you want.
The inner hub seal keeps the grease in and the dirt out. The outer hub seal stops the diff oil mixing with the grease. Back in the day, I think a bit of extra grease was pumped into the bearings at servicing time. Todays grease is so much better. How often are front wheel bearings in a (rwd) car repacked? Nearly never done.
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Bluebell Carrier Armoured O.P. No1 Mk3 W. T84991 Carrier Bren No2.Mk.I. NewZealand Railways. NZR.6. Dodge WC55. 37mm Gun Motor Carriage M6 Jeep Mb #135668 So many questions.... |
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There's a grease nipple on one side of the hub, and a vent plug directly opposite.
Remove the vent plug, give it a shot or two with the gun, and replace the vent plug. If you don't remove the plug you risk "blowing out" the seal(s). f
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Charles Fitton Maryhill On., Canada too many carriers too many rovers not enough time. (and now a BSA...) (and now a Triumph TRW...) |
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rear wheel lubrication
I thought these nipples were disined for oil, not for greas. what kind of grase gun gets into those nipples??
arei |
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Quote:
Bob Phillips sold me one a billion years ago.. f
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Charles Fitton Maryhill On., Canada too many carriers too many rovers not enough time. (and now a BSA...) (and now a Triumph TRW...) |
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They are called a button head fitting, and I believe they were originally from alemite. There are two sizes of head...the carrier uses the smaller ones. They are still available commercially, along with the grease gun adapter.
Last edited by rob love; 22-08-15 at 17:34. |
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Alemite, or Tecalemite. Which is what the "junior compressor"(carrier kit grease gun) connects to.
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Bluebell Carrier Armoured O.P. No1 Mk3 W. T84991 Carrier Bren No2.Mk.I. NewZealand Railways. NZR.6. Dodge WC55. 37mm Gun Motor Carriage M6 Jeep Mb #135668 So many questions.... |
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Here is my TECALEMIT grease/oil gun. Ron
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rear wheel lubrication
so, now my qustion is- were all of nippels planed originaly to be seviced with oil or grease??
arie |
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I beileve they were all grease. If you look at the cork seals on the roadwheels, they would not hold oil in, but rather were more for dust and dirt control. The rear wheel bearings were grease, as evidenced by the outer wheel seals which were there to keep oil out of the bearings. Any of those button style nipples on the steering bellcranks etc were for grease. The only other location that comes to mind is the one on top of the transmission/differential coupler. That one was interesting in that there is no internal baffling to prevent the grease from eventuallybeing washed away by the differential oil, but at the same time it may have been there to ensure lubrication to the speedometer drive gear.
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