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beef fat!?!? (archive)
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Posted by Peter S on September 04, 2000 at 17:31:27:

In Reply to: Tallow is beef fat! posted by JakeS on September 04, 2000 at 11:35:51:

This has to be a British thing. Don't they know the war is over? Grease is cheap! Just joking! I've been to England many times.
Peter S

A little grease will make it easier to mount the trans but otherwise the bearing is packed new.
What is 'tallow'?
Peter S


Haynes says pack space, insert bearing, then work tallow into fiber washer and put that in, etc. Feh, even if I did that, the sealed bearing Paul sold me wouldn't care. The one I took out didn't have any grease or tallow packing and it was in fine shape until I pulled it and destroyed the dust seals. If I had known that I wouldn't have taken it out in the first place, but who can tell? So anyway, at this point I am figuring that the Haynes book is seriously dated and that the new ball bearing is permanently prelubed. Sound likely? Tell me I'm wrong before I reinstall the trans, please.





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