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Re: [TR] Oil leaks

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Subject: Re: [TR] Oil leaks
From: Dave1massey@cs.com
Date: Mon, 08 Sep 2008 07:41:44 -0400
"Randall" <tr3driver@ca.rr.com> wrote:

>> They may not have sleeves for all the applications you have 
>> but for those you do have I recommend these.
>
>I'll ditto Dave's recommendation.  For the Stag front pulley, they didn't
>have an application listed, but did have a sleeve that was just slightly too
>large.  So I smeared a little Loctite "circular parts mount" inside, and it
>worked perfectly.
>
>Also good to know that other makers offer similar products, but sometime not
>in all the sizes that CR does.  One local NAPA store carries only Fel-Pro
>brand (but didn't tell me that until I specifically asked), which didn't
>have one to fit the TR3 front pulley.  But another local NAPA store carried
>the genuine Chicago Rawhide line, and were able to get the right one in a
>few days.
>
>Randall
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I hadn't considered NAPA.  I always used my local industrial bearing house.  
The downsize is they don't keep local stock, either.  They ship in from their 
wearhouse in Kansas City.  This means two trips.  But they are close by so no 
big deal.

Dave
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