On Fri, 3 Oct 1997 12:25:17 -0400 (EDT) Art Pfenninger
<ch155@FreeNet.Buffalo.EDU> writes:
> Sounds like a bit more urban folk lore,I can't imagine the
>factory
>going through any soakings. How much oil can a piece of brass, and I
>said
>brass soak up?
>...Art
Enough to make the difference between premature failure of the brass
bearing, and a long lived servicable bearing.
The factrory doubtless did them in batches, or recieved them from the
supplier pre-lubricated.
And no, I would'nt trust a replacement brass bearing to have been
pre-lubed. I always assume its as dry as Death valley in a drought.
Rick Morrison
72 MGBGT
74 Midget
>
>On Fri, 3 Oct 1997 dmeadow@juno.com wrote:
>
>> If this is one of those bronze bushings that require oil-soaking, I
>> understand that it is better to heat-soak it. Put it in a coffee
>can and
>> cover it with motor oil. Heat in an oven at 250 degrees for about
>an
>> hour, then let soak overnight. This is probably best done on a
>bridge
>> night when the trouble and strife (cockney rhyming slang for the SO)
>> can't see what you are putting in her oven and won't smell the motor
>oil
>> cooking. I got this info from Jarl deBoer who sometimes lurks on
>the
>> list, so maybe if he reads this he can confirm the process. This is
>how
>> he told me to treat a bushing I was putting into a pedal on my TD.
>>
>> We need another acronym-- INEB = I'm No Expert, But.
>>
>> David Littlefield
>> Houston, TX
>>
>> On Fri, 03 Oct 1997 06:09:08 -0500 Wayne Kube <wkube@iadfw.net>
>writes:
>> >Art Pfenninger wrote:
>> >>
>> >> The bushing should be flush, it sounds like you just need
>to
>> >twist
>> >> the tranny a little to line things up. They don't always just
>slide
>> >> together. Lube the inside of the bushing.
>> >> ...Art
>> >
>> >To insure proper lubrication of the pilot bushing, you should soak
>it
>> >in
>> >new motor oil for about a day before installing.
>> >
>> >--
>> >Wayne Kube
>> >Plano, TX
>> >http://web2.airmail.net/wkube
>> >
>>
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