I was told by the firm i brought my van not to but would like hear other point of view

brickies wrote:

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I was told by the firm i brought my van not to but would like hear other point of view

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      Would you run other moving parts without grease?????

      Bit like running tyres without air .

 

Have you had a problem Brickies................any wear showing?? How long have you been doing that or more precisely, how many K's ?? I am with Justcruisin. You never see a turn-table on a semi not greased.

No Disco i took no notice and use grease very lite on so it dosent get to messy , had a gut feeling best to grease.thank to Wombat for raising the subject

Hehe justcruisin............yes I do grease the pin on the Treg.............I meant I don't have to worry about wether or not to grease the tow ball. I grease everything!! No rude comments either you guys!!

Well done Brickies.................I can't see why someone would say that unless they were trying to sell more towballs :)

I grease ball, and cover when parked up to avoid spreading the grease around.
I believe any metal exposed to the elements of dust, mud or water should be coated with some lubricant to reduce friction and wear .. and rust of course.

On the tow ball I used to use grease but now I use grease. In between using grease I tried Lanotec spray which wasn't too bad but seemed to dry out quite quickly. The grease I use is marine grade, with just the slightest smear, put it on the rubbing parts of the WDH as well.

Terro

-- Edited by Terro on Wednesday 18th of November 2009 10:06:37 PM

Disco Duck wrote:

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Hehe justcruisin............yes I do grease the pin on the Treg.............I meant I don't have to worry about wether or not to grease the tow ball. I grease everything!! No rude comments either you guys!!

Well done Brickies.................I can't see why someone would say that unless they were trying to sell more towballs :)

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Thanks DD for the info...I was wondering about greasing the Treg pin too. I guess the main thing is to regularly clean the pin and bush before the combination of grease and dust turns into grinding paste.

 

a very light coating on a towball is fine but wipe it off as soon as you get anywhere near the dirt, grease when placed unrestrained under pressure will invariably just be pushed away from where it is needed most, where the pressure is

the grease will only serve to hold particulates in position so as to "grind" all components away thus the "shiny ball" have a look up in the socket and you will find the same

if you feel you must use grease then put it on before a BITUMAN trip and wipe it off at the first oppurtunity and reapply a THIN film, to say it will take up any gaps is a very silly statement, grease unrestrained under pressure will simply flow to an area of less pressure

dont use it on the treg pin either, all these components are case hardened to withstand abuse such as metal to metal contact with no intropduced abrasives

if you can use some spray that would lubricate without attracting dust or dirt, maybe a graphite based spray then I would use that, or just leave it dry, they are after all built and designed to run "dry"

we have done many thousands of miles over the roughest country imagineable and yet to wear out a towball or receiver, I honestly think nothing is best!

Palebushman wrote:

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The only place in the world where grease becomes a serious problem, is on a railway track.

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 Really?? but do you know why? & it's not the reason we would all think of.... It's because the grease from the points and curves where the flanges work hard eventually gets onto the brake shoes and they don't stop the train.....

I would never have given that a thought about not having grease on train line Basil. You just naturally think that it is because it will slip. Thanks. Gotta think outside the square. I'm changing my signature to that!

Ha ha Murphy strikes again... I found a gadget which is basically a teflon washer that you sit on top of the towball and it lubricates and takes the weight of the Van. However Herr Murphy for some reason would not let me copy the site here....

I'll try again and again but I'll also make a teflon washer and try it all I have to do is find where I hid the 30mm teflon bar......

Therotically sounds a good idea as the teflon being softer than nylon would "mould" to the shape of the inside of the coupling....

More self funded research, I think it's about time you guys chipped in to help

Well DaveO.......if us lot can't agree then you can't expect the experts to any idea :)


I like the idea of the dry lube. That would probably work well on the Treg hitch and be a bit cleaner. Maybe I'll switch.


Basil......If I can't raise any money from this tight lot to help my poor sick goldfish......you'll have no hope raising money for something so insignificant as that. However I'm still sending the begging letters out and when some sucker..............errr I mean....... nice benevolent person sends some money.................I'll forward some on.

P.S I know I can trust you to keep it quiet, but the Goldfish died. Don't let on because Gary has promised some money and he would be heartbroken I'm sure.

Hmmm............maybe I should pm to you.??