Grease

[mark99]

Hi,

 

I got to get some grease for various bits and pieces. What brand grease is good for general duties including for the water pump gland greaser on the 2LW.

[Split Pin]

Hi Mark

The grease point on the water pump is not for the gland it is for the bearing that the impelleor shaft runs on.

 

This should be lubricated with a a small quantity of LM grade grease occasionaly,

 

make sure that any excess grease has not blocked the drain slot on the bottom of the pump .

 

Steve

[mark99]

ok Steve thanks - the manual calls it the "water pump gland greaser" perhaps a mis-nomer but I take your point with thanks.

[jenevers]

Hi Mark

The grease point on the water pump is not for the gland it is for the bearing that the impelleor shaft runs on.

 

This should be lubricated with a a small quantity of LM grade grease occasionaly,

 

make sure that any excess grease has not blocked the drain slot on the bottom of the pump .

 

Steve

Did I read in the Gardner manual once that the water pump greaser should be turned very seldom, as the grease is actually detrimental to the gland. Seemed a very strange state of affairs

[Timleech]

Did I read in the Gardner manual once that the water pump greaser should be turned very seldom, as the grease is actually detrimental to the gland. Seemed a very strange state of affairs

 

As Steve said, the grease is for the (ball) bearing rather than the gland.

The early pumps had a spherical graphite seal, not really a gland, and any grease on that would certainly render it less effective. The newer pumps have better seals, but even so best to keep grease off them.

 

Tim

[jenevers]

The newer pumps have better seals, but even so best to keep grease off them.

 

Tim

How?

[Timleech]

How?

 

By following the directions and only very occasionally giving the greaser a turn?

 

Tim

[jenevers]

By following the directions and only very occasionally giving the greaser a turn?

 

Tim

Once a year?