I also use wheel bearing grease to lube my thrust bearing. 25 years of
service, no problems.
Bob
K6UJ
On Oct 13, 2011, at 4:34 PM, Tom Anderson wrote:
> The thrust bearing that came with my W51 TriEx tower in the early 90s came
> with a grease fitting installed. I've always used wheel bearing grease in my
> grease gun to lube it. From what I've read, mechanics advise NOT to mix
> grease types, so I stick with wheel bearing grease which is usually available
> in both sizes of tubes to fit a hand pumped grease gun and a lever action
> one. I've also redone the front wheel bearings in my car with the same
> grease.
>
> FYI: Mechanics advise not to use gasoline to clean wheel bearings for some
> reason.
>
> Tom, WW5L
>
> --- On Thu, 10/13/11, W3YY <w3yy@cox.net> wrote:
>
>> From: W3YY <w3yy@cox.net>
>> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Best Grease for Rotor bearings ?
>> To: towertalk@contesting.com, jcjacobsen@q.com
>> Date: Thursday, October 13, 2011, 5:37 PM
>> I confess to not having read this
>> whole thread. So at the risk of repeating
>> others experience or making statements that conflict with
>> real experts, let
>> me say I have 4 TB-3's that were lubricated with Lithium
>> grease 33 years ago
>> and they have worked perfectly ever since without any need
>> for service. I'm
>> a EE, not an ME, so maybe dry is better. I'm just
>> reporting what worked for
>> me.
>>
>> 73, Bob - W3YY
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: towertalk-bounces@contesting.com
>> [mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com]
>> On Behalf Of K7LXC@aol.com
>> Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2011 3:17 PM
>> To: towertalk@contesting.com;
>> jcjacobsen@q.com
>> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Best Grease for Rotor bearings ?
>>
>>
>> In a message dated 10/12/2011 8:33:14 P.M. Pacific Daylight
>> Time,
>> towertalk-request@contesting.com
>> writes:
>>
>>> Would either of you gentlemen please provide for
>> me the instructions
>> from Rohn that states that their TB-3 thrust bearings are
>> to be run dry. I
>> know that they are sold dry. I am looking for facts from
>> Rohn that say that
>> these bearings should not be lubricated. I am not
>> interested in any
>> information except from Rohn.
>>
>>
>> Then I suggest you contact Rohn since you're not
>> interested on our input
>> anyway.
>>
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Steve K7LXC
>> TOWER TECH
>>
>>
>>
>>
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