Badwolf Posted October 11, 2021 Report Share Posted October 11, 2021 On 07/10/2021 at 15:37, Iain T said: Downside is the 'scent' patches of EP90 on the floor..... Just blame the cat from down the street 🙄 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris A Posted October 11, 2021 Report Share Posted October 11, 2021 4 minutes ago, Badwolf said: Just blame the cat from down the street 🙄 Now you're just being catist! 😾 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badwolf Posted October 11, 2021 Report Share Posted October 11, 2021 Me...how!!!!??? Come on.....what did you expect. I'll shut the door on my way out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain T Posted October 11, 2021 Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2021 6 minutes ago, Badwolf said: Just blame the cat from down the street 🙄 The small red patch from the Redline diff oil looks as if there was a fatality..... I'm err not a cat lover.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris A Posted October 11, 2021 Report Share Posted October 11, 2021 Just now, Badwolf said: Me...how!!!!??? That is a purr fectly valid question. Am I allowed a paws before I reply? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badwolf Posted October 11, 2021 Report Share Posted October 11, 2021 Oh no, what have I started this time? The mini wolf likes cats...she thinks they're great fun (apologies to cat lovers, everywhere) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Truman Posted October 11, 2021 Report Share Posted October 11, 2021 Opposite us a Burmese cat resides must be nearly 20 now as our Fox Hound lasted till 16 and they arrived around the same time, anyway they had a married type of relationship ie love and hate, sometimes they would get up close and sniff each other like rub noses, other times our Kimy would lunge at the cat or the cat take a swipe at Kimy, we never understood why the change in attitude, thought it might have been if the cat did it's business in our front garden, & Kimy either saw it thro the front windows or sensed it! Getting back on topic re trunnions I soldered the bottom washer into the brass trunnion to stop it draining out the oil ie keeps a reservoir of oil in the trunnion. I use a converted oil can BUT I had to modify the grease nipple as the spring in the nipple was too strong I dismantled the grease nipple cut a smidgen off the spring to reduce its strength reassembled the grease nipple ensuring the ball in the nipple still seals but the oil can can push the oil thro OK. A lot of faffing about but I have only had to do it twice ( 2 cars) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain T Posted October 12, 2021 Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2021 11 hours ago, Peter Truman said: Getting back on topic re trunnions I soldered the bottom washer into the brass trunnion to stop it draining out the oil ie keeps a reservoir of oil in the trunnion. Others have suggested this, so going to Colin's photos on page 1 of this topic just run some solder around the joint shown on the first photo? Iain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Truman Posted October 12, 2021 Report Share Posted October 12, 2021 Iain here's a photo of a spare vertical link I have with a brass washer soldered in, the original trunnion was damaged so I removed the steel washer and inserted a brass one, but on the actual car fitted units whilst the trunnion was off the car the steel washer was cleaned to remove any oil or corrosion, fluxed and soldered to seal. One trunnion the steel washer was quite heavily corroded and took some serious mechanical cleaning and well fluxing to get the solder to take. Don't know if JB Weld would succeed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Posted October 12, 2021 Report Share Posted October 12, 2021 6 minutes ago, Peter Truman said: Iain here's a photo of a spare vertical link I have with a brass washer soldered in, the original trunnion was damaged so I removed the steel washer and inserted a brass one, but on the actual car fitted units whilst the trunnion was off the car the steel washer was cleaned to remove any oil or corrosion, fluxed and soldered to seal. One trunnion the steel washer was quite heavily corroded and took some serious mechanical cleaning and well fluxing to get the solder to take. Don't know if JB Weld would succeed. I used JBWeld on one trunnion base , no oil leak so far , 4 years now Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain T Posted October 12, 2021 Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2021 25 minutes ago, Paul H said: used JBWeld on one trunnion base , no oil leak so far , 4 years now Paul, was it the two part JB Weld? Iain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Posted October 12, 2021 Report Share Posted October 12, 2021 2 minutes ago, Iain T said: Paul, was it the two part JB Weld? Iain Yes 2 part JBWeld Paul 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Posted October 12, 2021 Report Share Posted October 12, 2021 1 hour ago, Paul H said: Yes 2 part JBWeld Paul Must be scrupulously clean . I used brake cleaner and wire wool and an old screwdriver to scrape Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain T Posted October 12, 2021 Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2021 1 hour ago, Paul H said: Must be scrupulously clean . Thanks will do, a job for the boring winter months! Iain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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