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TC Windscreen Wiper Motor gear box
Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2001 8:03 am
by Chase, Jim
Can anyone recommend a suitable lubricant for the Lucas windscreen wiper
motor gear box.
On dismantling the wiper motor I found the gearbox packed with a crusty dark
brown grease.
Unlike the steering box I am sure that the wiper motor gear box should be
grease lubricated. I think even 1200wt oil would leak out of the casing.
The MG workshop manual by Blower dismisses the wiper motor by saying that it
is packed with lubricant during manufacture and requires no further
attention. Not even the ball bearing oiling point at the top of the motor is
mentioned. Having dismantled the wiper unit I am sure that this oil point is
just for the motor shaft and does not communicate with the gear box at all.
Jim Chase
Re: TC Windscreen Wiper Motor gear box
Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2001 10:26 am
by CFritz7001@aol.com
Jim,
I've had good performance from a light-bodied white grease called
"Lubriplate", which neither seeps out, nor hardens. It's also fine for
distributor cams, since it stys where you put it.
Regards,
Carl Fritz
Re: TC Windscreen Wiper Motor gear box
Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2001 12:22 pm
by Chip Old
On Wed, 11 Apr 2001,
CFritz7001@aol.com wrote:
> I've had good performance from a light-bodied white grease called
> "Lubriplate", which neither seeps out, nor hardens. It's also fine
> for distributor cams, since it stys where you put it.
There are lots of different products sold under the "Lubriplate" brand
name. Most Lubriplate products are identified by a number. Can you be
more specific?
--
Chip Old 1948 M.G. TC TC6710 XPAG7430 NEMGTR #2271
Cub Hill, MD, USA 1962 Triumph TR4 CT3154LO CT3479E
fold@bcpl.net
Re: TC Windscreen Wiper Motor gear box
Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2001 1:41 pm
by CFritz7001@aol.com
Chip,
All these years, I've just asked for "LubriPlate", with no number or
other identifier, and always got the same stuff. However, I went out to the
garage just now and looked at the carton & tube. Only numbers I found are
these: "P/N L0034-087" and 1 & 3/4 oz. Hope they are what you wanted to
know.
While we're talking about lubricants, there's another I've found to be
extremely satisfactory, especially on rubber parts such as brake cups &
boots. It is silicone-based, called "Sil-Glyde Lubricating Compound" ( their
spelling, not mine, BTW), and is made by the American Grease Stick Co. of
Muskegon, Michigan 49443. GREAT stuff; I wouldn't be without a tube of it in
my kit, and I don't own any stock in the company, in case you were wondering.
Regards,
Carl
Re: TC Windscreen Wiper Motor gear box
Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2001 2:22 pm
by joecurto@aol.com
Jim when I rebuild those motors I use Ams-Oil synthetic grease, it has a good
cold temp flow and is thick enough to keep the gearbox quite. I suspect any
good synthetic greas would be OK
Joe Curto
Re: TC Windscreen Wiper Motor gear box
Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2001 8:05 pm
by Chip Old
On Wed, 11 Apr 2001,
CFritz7001@aol.com wrote to
fold@bcpl.net:
> All these years, I've just asked for "LubriPlate", with no number or
> other identifier, and always got the same stuff. However, I went out
> to the garage just now and looked at the carton & tube. Only numbers
> I found are these: "P/N L0034-087" and 1 & 3/4 oz. Hope they are what
> you wanted to know.
Go to
http://www.lubriplate.com/Products/ and you'll see what I meant
about the many lubricants sold under the LubriPlate brand. LubriPlate
105, for example, was for years THE standard engine assembly lube and is
still very widely used.
--
Chip Old 1948 M.G. TC TC6710 XPAG7430 NEMGTR #2271
Cub Hill, MD, USA 1962 Triumph TR4 CT3154LO CT3479E
fold@bcpl.net