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Oiling Tool for the Trunions

To: Triumph Newsgroup <triumphs@autox.team.net>, Amici Triumphi <fot@autox.team.net>
Subject: Oiling Tool for the Trunions
From: Justin <jmwagner@greenheart.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2002 00:48:25 -0800
There was a thread about oiling the front trunions with gear oil instead
of grease.  I came up with a little tool for just that...   I found a
pressure fed oil gun at Harbor Freight tools, on sale.  I bought a
grease gun flex hose. I then removed the oil gun's tip and adapted the
grease gun hose to it.  In short, I ended up with a pressure fed oil can
that can quickly be adapted to a grease fitting and back again.  It
worked well, though the handle was a little wimpy and I had to be
careful to squeeze at the strong point of the handle.  (At $3.99 I
didn't mind the wimpy handle, but you could hold out for a better
quality pressure fed oil gun.)   It wasn't an expensive proposition and
the oil can may come in handy for other purposes.  I'd be happy to send
a pic to anyone that requests it.  (I know one could just load a grease
gun with the oil, but something just seemed wrong about it.  Like using
a pliers instead of the correct sized wrench on a nut.  : )

Here's the parts....

Pressure Fed Oil Gun, Item Number 36629, $3.99
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/photos/36600-36699/36629.gif

9" Flex Hose (for Grease Gun), Item Number 38320, $3.99

To adapt the grease gun hose to the oil gun, I bought a compression
fitting at the hardware store... that happened to have all the right
threads...   1/8 CMP x 1/8 FPT COMP-FPT Adapter.  (You discard the
compression sleeve and nut, and just use the main part of the fitting.)

I also bought an o-ring to seal the fitting... 7/16x1/4x3/32


Justin
jmwagnersales.com

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