[Fot] Crank end Bush grease or no grease?

[Greg Solow]

Grease could have a tendency to come out and get on the clutch disc. It may 
also have a tendency to plug the pores of the oilite bushing. This is just a 
guess. I try to follow what the designing engineers appear to have done. If 
there is not an obvious fault in their design. For the most part, the TR 
engineers seem to have done a good job with what they did. By using an 
Oilite bush in the pilot bushing location, it is clear that they intended a 
very small amount of "oil" to be the lubricant used there.
                                                            Greg Solow

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "MadMarx" <tr4racing at googlemail.com>
To: "Greg Solow" <gregmogdoc at surfnetusa.com>; <fot at autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2008 9:52 AM
Subject: Re: [Fot] Crank end Bush grease or no grease?


why no grease?
I have used grease since and never had any trouble....so why no grease?

Cheers
Chris

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Greg Solow" <gregmogdoc at surfnetusa.com>
To: "Steven Belfer" <colordog.1 at earthlink.net>; "FOT" <fot at autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2008 2:22 AM
Subject: Re: [Fot] Crank end Bush grease or no grease?


> The pilot bushing is captured in place by the flywheel. It should be
> impregnated with 10 sae motor oil by soaking it in oil for  24 hours or
> putting the bushing on top of one thumb so your thumb fills covers the
> bottom of the center hole. Then fill the hole with oil. Then put your 
> other
> thumb on top of the hole and squeeze both thumbs together until you can 
> see
> oil come out through the pores on the outside of the bushing. This will
> ensure that the pores withing the bushing have a resevoir of oil to keep 
> the
> bushing and the input shaft lubricated. wipe off the excess oil and slide 
> it
> into the crankshaft, Then install the flywheel. Grease should not be used 
> in
> this location!
>
>                     Greg Solow
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Steven Belfer" <colordog.1 at earthlink.net>
> To: "FOT" <fot at autox.team.net>
> Sent: Friday, April 04, 2008 4:53 PM
> Subject: [Fot] Crank end Bush grease or no grease?
>
>
> > You know that little brash bush that sits in the back end of the
> > crankshaft?
> > On my TR3 it sits in there nicely, it's not tight but turn freely?
> >
> > Does it get a dab of grease or oil? or could that possibly foul the
> > clutch?
> >
> > ~Steve
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