David et al If you offer up a shape as I described, 18 cm by 10 cm with one 3 cm by 3 cm corner cut off; the bit cut off is located at the bottom of the rebound spring, the rest wraps around and neatly forms a flap covering the rebound spring at the front. (10 cm is the distance from the kingpin shoulder to the bottom suspension arm, at the bottom end of the rebound spring.) As Colin says, the grease comes out above the bronze bush.
Lifting the flap at the bottom, one can see the rebound spring. I have bearings on the bottom, not damper blades. For cars with damper blades, lever up the phosphor bronze bush and apply some grease. Scrape off any grit at the chassis end of the blade and apply a little oil to facilitate in and out movement. There should not be any rotational movement about the kingpin axis. Cheers SpotMog Brian On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 11:25 AM, e-mail colin.jones5857 < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi Guys > > I must admit I have never seen grease oozing out of the rebound spring > area during greasing? For sure its greasy there but I think that may be > from the stub axles action on the kingpin, the grease seems to take the > least line of resistance and appear from around the thrust washer or roller > bearing area on the later cars. > > My first set of gaiters were a present and were leather with a Velcro > fastener, on my next car I made a set from some old screen heater ducting > pipe split along the length and held with cable ties. I am waiting until I > do a front end overhaul on this latest car and then I will fit > something....seems a good excuse ;-). > > BR > > Colin > > On 22 June 2012 11:50, david taylor <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Thanks Brian, >> >> So does one remove the gaiters when greasing to see the grease ooze out? >> Do the gaiters cover the nipples? >> >> >> David, AA57MOG >> > ------------------------------------------- View posts on The Mail Archive http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ [http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/] Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=22459785&id_secret=22459785-4a39ddf8 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
