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BarneyS
Jul 03, 2008Explorer III
Great write-up and photos Les!:) My kit is supposed to be delivered today so I will probably be doing the same install this weekend. There is one thing I don't quite understand though. You said:
Not sure what bolt holes you are talking about or what they mean when they said the bolt holes should run in a horizontal plane facing the front or rear of the trailer. How would this affect the flow of grease anyway? I can see the bronze bushings being tight and not allowing grease flow, but can't see how the direction of the bolts would make any difference. Also, what did you mean when you "reversed the direction" and is this a problem with all of the spring bolts? :?
Barney
LAdams wrote:
All the greasable bolt holes should run in a horizontal plane facing either the front of rear of the TT as opposed to pointing either skyward or ground ward... Dexter says the grease will not migrate properly if they are in the up or down position... So I reversed the direction of the leaf spring eye bolts and I still can't get grease into them...
Not sure what bolt holes you are talking about or what they mean when they said the bolt holes should run in a horizontal plane facing the front or rear of the trailer. How would this affect the flow of grease anyway? I can see the bronze bushings being tight and not allowing grease flow, but can't see how the direction of the bolts would make any difference. Also, what did you mean when you "reversed the direction" and is this a problem with all of the spring bolts? :?
Barney
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