[TowerTalk] Best Grease for Rotor bearings ?

[Tom Anderson]

my thrust bearing is circa 1993 and has a grease fitting and the instructions then said to grease it.

tom, ww5l

--- On Sun, 10/9/11, K8RI on TT <k8ri-on-towertalk at tm.net> wrote:

> From: K8RI on TT <k8ri-on-towertalk at tm.net>
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Best Grease for Rotor bearings ?
> To: towertalk at contesting.com
> Date: Sunday, October 9, 2011, 12:43 AM
> On 10/8/2011 11:17 PM, Tom Anderson
> wrote:
> > OOOps, I should have qualified my answer.  I was
> referring to thrust bearings, not the bearings inside a
> Yaesu rotor.  Yaesu may specify the type and weight of
> the grease used on a rebuild.
> 
> I use White Lithium grease.  Some rotator
> manufacturers are using it 
> now. For thrust bearings...It all depends. ROHN says to run
> theirs dry.
> 
> 73
> 
> Roger (K8RI)
> > Tom, WW5L
> >
> > --- On Sat, 10/8/11, Tom Anderson<andersonww5l at sbcglobal.net> 
> wrote:
> >
> >> From: Tom Anderson<andersonww5l at sbcglobal.net>
> >> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Best Grease for Rotor
> bearings ?
> >> To: towertalk at contesting.com,
> "Chris Merchant KA1LMR"<ka1lmr at yahoo.com>
> >> Date: Saturday, October 8, 2011, 10:13 PM
> >> Chris:
> >>
> >> I always use "wheel bearing" grease since its made
> for
> >> bearings.  Same stuff mechanics supposedly
> use when
> >> cleaning and repacking your car wheel bearings.
> The pros say
> >> don't mix grease types like lithium with wheel
> bearing,
> >> etc. 
> >>
> >> I use one of those small hand operated grease
> guns, usually
> >> $15 or less, available at Wal-Mart or most auto
> supply (Pep
> >> Boys, Auto Zone)stores , or tool stores such as
> Northern
> >> Tools or Harbor Freight. They also usually have
> the
> >> cartridges to fit both the small and large grease
> >> guns. 
> >>
> >> Northern Tool had one of their battery powered
> grease guns
> >> on sale a couple years ago, but I fotgot to get
> one.
> >>
> >> I pump the grease in until it comes out of the
> bearing and
> >> usually have my XYL Cheryl (WY5H) operating the
> rotor
> >> control box in both directions, that way the
> grease doesn't
> >> goop up.  I always clean the excess up so it
> doesn't
> >> attract dirt.
> >>
> >> I usually grease the bearing twice or so a year.
> >>
> >> Tom, WW5L
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --- On Sat, 10/8/11, Chris Merchant KA1LMR<ka1lmr at yahoo.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>> From: Chris Merchant KA1LMR<ka1lmr at yahoo.com>
> >>> Subject: [TowerTalk] Best Grease for Rotor
> bearings ?
> >>> To: towertalk at contesting.com
> >>> Date: Saturday, October 8, 2011, 7:46 PM
> >>> Whats is the best grease that will
> >>> not gunk up in cold New England winters for
> bearings
> >> for
> >>> repacking a  Yaesu G-800 rotor?
> >>>
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