[TowerTalk] Lube a Rohn 45 thrust bearing

[M.G. Brafford]

Hi Charlie,
 I was very shocked to find rust in my Rohn thrust bearing. It is a 1975
model, and when I took my tower down to move QTH's I found it took a wrench
to turn the bearing. The ball bearings were covered in rust. I sprayed
several kinds of cleaner in the bearing, finally I coated the bearings with
a red type grease. From now on when I tilt the tower to work on the beams,
I spray a very good quality lube in the bearing, People told me they didn't
need lube..ha ha ha , don't believe them. Mine wouldn't hardly turn before
I cleaned and lubed the ball bearings. Most people on these reflectors have
never seen a thrust bearing, they just read and quote the specs.

73, Mick  W4YV

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> From: Charlie Summers <csummers@diac.com>
> To: towertalk@contesting.com
> Subject: [TowerTalk] Lube a Rohn 45 thrust bearing
> Date: Saturday, June 14, 1997 4:03 PM
> 
> Hi to all!
> 
> Well thanks for the answers.  The concensus seems to be lube them with
> some kind of lithium or moly grease.  It also seems that most folks
> think lubing better than not lubing as it gets rid of that excruciating
> metal to metal sound.
> 
> Mine is lubed and going up today!
> 
> Thanks again for the answers.
> 
> 73,
> 
> Charlie, W0YG..>>
> 
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