Slater
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| posted on 21/8/06 at 01:56 PM |
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Have I made a mistake?
Have I made a mistake? I put one of my seirra donor front uprights/hub into my electrolsis bath overnight. It's now cleaned, painted and
looking cool, but...... the hub is now very slightly harder to turn and feels a bit gravelly. Have I made an error by putting the complete item into
the bath???
Why do they call Port Harcourt "The Garden City"?...... Becauase they can't spell Stramash.
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Danozeman
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| posted on 21/8/06 at 01:59 PM |
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Yep i would say its washed the grease out of the bearings.
Dan
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Bluemoon
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| posted on 21/8/06 at 02:16 PM |
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Yep. Sounds like it, I did'nt put ours in for that reason. The dust seals are not completely water proof.. But I did beed blast them instead,
even with string and tape on em I wonder if I've got some crud in em time will tell!
Dan
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nick205
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| posted on 21/8/06 at 02:26 PM |
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definitely will have washed most of the grease away. But as you haven't put any load on them you'll probably get away with stripping them
down, cleaning everthing thoroughly, repacking with the correct grease and rebuilding. You can then replace the dust seals while you've got
them apart and will also get the chance to see if the bearings are worn as well.
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Slater
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| posted on 21/8/06 at 04:44 PM |
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oh bu**er. I'll have to strip and clean up the bearings. Any idea what grease to use? Do ford/motorfactors sell the dust caps?
Why do they call Port Harcourt "The Garden City"?...... Becauase they can't spell Stramash.
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Chippy
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| posted on 21/8/06 at 07:30 PM |
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Slater, I did just the same, and when I stripped the hubs, hoping to just clean and grease, found that being in the bath had stuffed them completely.
Remove bearings prior to electrolysis treatment, easy to be wise after the event. Still I now have new bearing all round. Regards Ray
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COREdevelopments
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| posted on 21/8/06 at 08:00 PM |
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i got my dust caps from a local motorfactor, they were genuine ford items too!
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JoelP
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| posted on 21/8/06 at 08:14 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Slater
Any idea what grease to use?
i asked recently on here and was told any moly or lithium grease is fine.
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Liam
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| posted on 22/8/06 at 01:34 PM |
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I electrolysis'd a whole upright/hub assembly - but only to aid dissasembly. Can't see how the static water in the tank would have washed
much grease out from under the seals - more likely water has gotten in and you have some light surface rust on the bearing surfaces. Maybe some dirt
too. Either way you'll need to strip and rebuild.
Liam
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