Re: Oil gun for trunnions
Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2018 1:43 pm
Vintage cars usually have no end of oil nipples spread around the chassis and suspension (e.g. the shackles) which traditionally required lubricating with an oil gun like the Lotus trunnions. My Bentley has at least 12 and oiling them is a very messy and laborious business. I've tried many different oil/grease guns including a Wanner and all of them have sooner or later leaked, and filling them with oil adds to the mess. The saying is that you should oil your chassis on the roadside or someone else's driveway.
So for similar reasons to those mentioned in this discussion, many people now use a liquidy grease. Two common ones are Castrol Spheerol (which I've used, though they have in the past made more than one version) and Penrite's Semi-Fluid grease.
So for similar reasons to those mentioned in this discussion, many people now use a liquidy grease. Two common ones are Castrol Spheerol (which I've used, though they have in the past made more than one version) and Penrite's Semi-Fluid grease.