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 does this look right?
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schakal
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Joined: 27 Jul 2004
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Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2005 9:22 am

refurbing a pair of front struts at the moment,the bearings were not looking bad so i just wanted to give them a clean and some new grease .
here is what it looks like but i am not sure of the type of the grease i used is right ????????

cleaned bearing
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greased the first layer with that stuff on the pic
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put that round thingy with metal balls on top

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greased again on top

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seated the metal round thing on top
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and fitted the plastic protector nicely ,checked how smooth the whole thing turns by hand
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and seated this bit on top
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does it all look right ?????? especially the type of the grease ????
what the hell is PTFE ?????
Neal
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Joined: 18 Feb 2004
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Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2005 9:36 am

PTFE is the chemical name for the trade name 'Teflon'.

That grease looks a bit thin to me, id rather a nice gooey type that I could be sure was going to stay in there really.

Like the stuff i use for the headset bearings on my bike, which is essentially a very similar setup to the strut bearings you have there:

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schakal
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Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2005 9:42 am

yeah this one felt a bit runy once sprayed but than seems to get thicker after 5 mins
huwwatkins
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Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2005 10:49 am

Thats the problem with aerosol stuff, very thin I prefer it out the tub personally Wink
JB
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Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2005 1:39 pm

a tub of general purpose grease goes a long way.

bearing looks almost new.
schakal
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Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2005 1:44 pm

so you reckon that grease wont work JB ?????

that black stuff covering the bearing is underbody sealent spray i was on about to you earlier ,i used it on the springs as well after treating the rust
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