Re: trunnion rebuild

[Donald H Locker <dhl@chelseamsl.com>]

Hi, Douglas and Nadia.

Lookes to me like the best reference for all this might be the
following.  Has a lot of good info.

http://www.lubrizol.com/referencelibrary/greasref/comp/additive.htm

HTH,
Donald.

> Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2001 22:50:23 -0500
> From: Douglas Braun & Nadia Papakonstantinou <dougnad@bellatlantic.net>
> 
> They make a special wheel bearing grease for boat trailer wheels,
> which get dunked regularly.  Maybe that would be a good
> thing to use?
> 
> At 10:45 PM 3/8/01 , you wrote:
> >ISTR that the zinc oxide helps the grease repel water better.
> >Probably important in a trunnion bush (shrubbery?) which won't ever
> >get warm enough to dry out but will be getting soaked regularly.
> >
> >Donald.