Right. I see. For the pilot bearing, got a tube of Nitro Red: http://www.nitrolube.com/products/grease/ Should last me a lifetime. It a "Non Melt" super tacky grease. When I asked the FLAPS guy about pilot bearing grease, he pointed me to it w/o hesitation pulled the cap off and showed how tacky it is. He's a knowledgable long time employee. So for any other Canucks, this seems to be one product one could use. (though I imagine Redline grease might be in other Canadian chains) As for transmission additive, no Prolong, but when I asked the same employee about "Slick 50", he said no complaints. He had heard good things about it. What the heck. I'll put some in. Fellow Canucks: all this was purchased at Lordco. Thanks again Scott. You've pointed out stuff that some could easily overlook. Neil. On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 3:16 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote: > hi, > yeah....MT-90, that's the 'normal synthetic vanagon gear oil' these days. > > I find the pilot bearing to be 'the' weakest, or most commonly completely > shot, vanagon clutch part. > I make sure that part is nicely lubed with a really high quality bearing > grease. > and a dust seal for the pilot bearing is very important. > without that they go out in as little as two years. > > if the van moves when the clutch pedal gets a couple of inches off the > floor.. > it's probably getting full disengagement. > If there is a draggy pilot bearing though , even with good hydrucaulics and > correct TOB travel... > there would still be 'not 100 % full disengagement' from the stuck/draggy > pilot bearing. > > the last time I saw that in a vanagon ...it would disengage cleanly > sometimes, but not other times. > Typically, it was missing the little metal ring that retains the felt dust > seal used in waterboxer pilot bearings, > and the rollers of the pilot bearing were a real mess. > > Scott > |
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