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Trunion "Oiling"

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Subject: Trunion "Oiling"
From: Joe Curry <spitlist@gte.net>
Date: Mon, 04 May 1998 20:30:56 -0700
Hi Gang,
In working on the Spit this weekend, I finally got a chance to test a
theory I have been playing with.  I always wondered how you could get 90
weight gear oil in the front trunions when I can't find a grease gun
cartridge filled with the stuff.

Because I ran out of grease in my gun, I unscrewed the end and poured
about a pint of 90 weight gear oil into the empty tube and reattached
the end.  After pumping quite a bit of air out of the gun, I discovered
that if the gun is held higher than the grease nipple, the oil can
indeed be pumped into the trunion. 

Whether it will "stay" in there is a different matter! 

So now I know.

Joe Curry
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