Re: '75 900ss front axle/speedo drive weirdness
Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2012 3:39 pm
Gentlemen, Steve(s), Craig,
You are all bad! To stay on topic, and not upset Bev Hev Steve, I finally got my wheels laced and true, AM 26's fitted this afternoon, but had to rush off to watch the England vs Sweden Euro 2012 soccer match before finally assembling it all. The pain was reduced by a gaggle of female Swedish supporters and many, many, litres of beer Anyway, I have a few more litres of Mobil 1 5w- 50 standing by, and will take a lot of persuading that a good , modern, synthetic multi grade is not the way to go. This might be influenced by years of cleaning, scrubbing and ultimately scrapping hundreds (well, tens) of filthy kart motor pistons running on bean oil, which is still the best 'in extremis' i.e. when the engine is running so lean that the piston is literally wobbling close to melting point. If I ever get near this on my ss, I'l deserve the consequences. Synthetic was also Steve Wynn's choice in 1978... but please don't start another 'oil thread'.
Small delay caused by the outer 6204 bearings in the rear hub rotating in the steel sleeve, easily fixed by a new set and some green loctite, I remember changing the fronts and some of the rears 20 years ago, but hey, these got away. So, tomorrow might be the day, or I might leave it until Sunday to upset the neighbours with some Conti action.
Thanks again for your interest.
Cheers
in-two
You are all bad! To stay on topic, and not upset Bev Hev Steve, I finally got my wheels laced and true, AM 26's fitted this afternoon, but had to rush off to watch the England vs Sweden Euro 2012 soccer match before finally assembling it all. The pain was reduced by a gaggle of female Swedish supporters and many, many, litres of beer Anyway, I have a few more litres of Mobil 1 5w- 50 standing by, and will take a lot of persuading that a good , modern, synthetic multi grade is not the way to go. This might be influenced by years of cleaning, scrubbing and ultimately scrapping hundreds (well, tens) of filthy kart motor pistons running on bean oil, which is still the best 'in extremis' i.e. when the engine is running so lean that the piston is literally wobbling close to melting point. If I ever get near this on my ss, I'l deserve the consequences. Synthetic was also Steve Wynn's choice in 1978... but please don't start another 'oil thread'.
Small delay caused by the outer 6204 bearings in the rear hub rotating in the steel sleeve, easily fixed by a new set and some green loctite, I remember changing the fronts and some of the rears 20 years ago, but hey, these got away. So, tomorrow might be the day, or I might leave it until Sunday to upset the neighbours with some Conti action.
Thanks again for your interest.
Cheers
in-two