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Re: SP 2467
Author: Earl Pitts
Date: 08-29-2014 - 10:37

Soft grease Wrote:
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> Maybe I'm being obtuse here, but what is so
> special about the journals or their brasses which
> would preclude the use of soft grease?? Doesn't it
> follow that hard grease would be used BECAUSE the
> journals heat up at over 40 mph and the grease
> would run out? There's plenty of steam engines
> which "poke around at 15 MPH" and I don't think
> they have any real differences in journals or
> brasses. AND if you're replacing all of them
> anyways and there IS a difference, why not cut
> regular grease grooves and use a soft grease for
> low speed running?

Soft grease will squirt out as soon as you put any
weight on it.

Better to convert to oil boxes with wicks as are now
on 4449, 630 and a lot of others. That solved their
driver journal overheating issues.

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