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Heavy Grease Substitute?
Posted: Sat Aug 04, 2001 6:16 am
by Dave Ahrendt
Hi all,
Has anyone found a US available equivalent for this "Castrol Heavy Grease"
for the TC rear hub.
I'm going through yet another teardown now to cure a bad case of oily
brakes. I installed speedisleeves on the axle and new lip seals on the
bearing carrier last winter. After a few hundred miles I had oil all over
the brakes but the back side of the carrier and the area right around it
were dry as a bone. So I think the carrier seal must be working but the oil
is coming from where the two flanges meet. Where else can it come from?
So what was done with this grease? Completely pack the bearing carrier and
hub before assembling? And then force more in through the fitting?
Any other ideas? I assume high temperature wheel bearing grease is not
sufficient.
On another topic... Just trying to get to the archives is a real !@&^$#. I
have no idea how many accounts or passwords I now have with this Yahoo
(&%&^#@&(%^). Yep, Yahoo is a good name for them.
Regards,
Dave Ahrendt
'46 TC #0524
Re: Heavy Grease Substitute?
Posted: Sat Aug 04, 2001 10:17 pm
by David Lodge
Dave,
Castrol are now reproducing and selling ( and, I believe, home delivering) all
of their so-called vintage lubricants, at least in the U.K. Might want to try
their U.S. dealers?
David Lodge, TC 1704
Dave Ahrendt wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Has anyone found a US available equivalent for this "Castrol Heavy Grease"
> for the TC rear hub.
> I'm going through yet another teardown now to cure a bad case of oily
> brakes. I installed speedisleeves on the axle and new lip seals on the
> bearing carrier last winter. After a few hundred miles I had oil all over
> the brakes but the back side of the carrier and the area right around it
> were dry as a bone. So I think the carrier seal must be working but the oil
> is coming from where the two flanges meet. Where else can it come from?
>
> So what was done with this grease? Completely pack the bearing carrier and
> hub before assembling? And then force more in through the fitting?
>
> Any other ideas? I assume high temperature wheel bearing grease is not
> sufficient.
>
> On another topic... Just trying to get to the archives is a real !@&^$#. I
> have no idea how many accounts or passwords I now have with this Yahoo
> (&%&^#@&(%^). Yep, Yahoo is a good name for them.
>
> Regards,
> Dave Ahrendt
> '46 TC #0524
>
>
>
> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to
http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: Heavy Grease Substitute?
Posted: Sun Aug 05, 2001 3:05 pm
by Roger Furneaux
hi Dave, and others with oily rear brakes - I repeat, there should be NO oil
in the rear hub, and the CHG, even if available, might not be the perfect
solution. New hubs do not have the drilling for the grease nipple anyway.
BUT by fitting hub nuts with lip seals (from Phil Marino, or yours truly)
you will have a good chance of keeping the oil in the diff., at least for a
while. If you stick with the old brass scrolls, here are a few tips for
keeping the oil in the hub:
1) Do NOT use a paper gasket between the flanges, but Silastic Instant
Gasket.
2) Since most axle casings are worn the lip seal at the back of the carrier
has a difficult job, so use shielded bearings. These have the suffix 2Z or
ZZ for two metal shields, or 2RS or DDU for two rubber seals. The cheap one
is the 6208, if you want the better heavy duty one, ask for M208 (original
was LJBL40, now obsolete)
3) Change to taper-fit half-shafts which do not allow oil to pass (apart
from any other advantages) or try to seal the splines in the hub. Araldite
and Silastic have been tried, but usually fail due to movement between the
two.
ocTagonally
TCRoger
Dave Ahrendt wrote:
>>Has anyone found a US available equivalent for this "Castrol Heavy Grease"
>>for the TC rear hub.
>>I'm going through yet another teardown now to cure a bad case of oily
>>brakes. I installed speedisleeves on the axle and new lip seals on the
>>bearing carrier last winter. After a few hundred miles I had oil all over
>>the brakes but the back side of the carrier and the area right around it
>>were dry as a bone. So I think the carrier seal must be working but the oil
>>is coming from where the two flanges meet. Where else can it come from?
>>
>>So what was done with this grease? Completely pack the bearing carrier and
>>hub before assembling? And then force more in through the fitting?
>>
>>Any other ideas? I assume high temperature wheel bearing grease is not
>>sufficient.
Re: Heavy Grease Substitute?
Posted: Sun Aug 05, 2001 5:08 pm
by David Lodge
Hang on! Got a website here!!
http://castrolclassicoils.co.uk
David L
David Lodge wrote:
> Dave,
> Castrol are now reproducing and selling ( and, I believe, home delivering) all
> of their so-called vintage lubricants, at least in the U.K. Might want to try
> their U.S. dealers?
> David Lodge, TC 1704
>
> Dave Ahrendt wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Has anyone found a US available equivalent for this "Castrol Heavy Grease"
> > for the TC rear hub.
> > I'm going through yet another teardown now to cure a bad case of oily
> > brakes. I installed speedisleeves on the axle and new lip seals on the
> > bearing carrier last winter. After a few hundred miles I had oil all over
> > the brakes but the back side of the carrier and the area right around it
> > were dry as a bone. So I think the carrier seal must be working but the oil
> > is coming from where the two flanges meet. Where else can it come from?
> >
> > So what was done with this grease? Completely pack the bearing carrier and
> > hub before assembling? And then force more in through the fitting?
> >
> > Any other ideas? I assume high temperature wheel bearing grease is not
> > sufficient.
> >
> > On another topic... Just trying to get to the archives is a real !@&^$#. I
> > have no idea how many accounts or passwords I now have with this Yahoo
> > (&%&^#@&(%^). Yep, Yahoo is a good name for them.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Dave Ahrendt
> > '46 TC #0524
> >
> >
> >
> > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to
http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
>
>
>
> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to
http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: Heavy Grease Substitute?
Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2001 12:21 am
by C Sherriff
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David Lhttp://www.castrolclassicoils.co.uk
for a result
Clive
Oxford UK
Re: Heavy Grease Substitute?
Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2001 4:58 pm
by David Lodge
Most amusing, I'm sure!
(I really must stop drinking that cheap wine!)
David lodge
C Sherriff wrote:
Re: Heavy Grease Substitute?
Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2001 6:43 pm
by David Lodge
David Lodge wrote:
> Dave,
> Castrol are now reproducing and selling ( and, I believe, home delivering) all
> of their so-called vintage lubricants, at least in the U.K. Might want to try
> their U.S. dealers?
> David Lodge, TC 1704
>
> Dave Ahrendt wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Has anyone found a US available equivalent for this "Castrol Heavy Grease"
> > for the TC rear hub.
> > I'm going through yet another teardown now to cure a bad case of oily
> > brakes. I installed speedisleeves on the axle and new lip seals on the
> > bearing carrier last winter. After a few hundred miles I had oil all over
> > the brakes but the back side of the carrier and the area right around it
> > were dry as a bone. So I think the carrier seal must be working but the oil
> > is coming from where the two flanges meet. Where else can it come from?
> >
> > So what was done with this grease? Completely pack the bearing carrier and
> > hub before assembling? And then force more in through the fitting?
> >
> > Any other ideas? I assume high temperature wheel bearing grease is not
> > sufficient.
> >
> > On another topic... Just trying to get to the archives is a real !@&^$#. I
> > have no idea how many accounts or passwords I now have with this Yahoo
> > (&%&^#@&(%^). Yep, Yahoo is a good name for them.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Dave Ahrendt
> > '46 TC #0524
> >
> >
> >
> > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to
http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/