30-09-2017, 12:25 AM
(29-09-2017, 11:54 PM)Tony Press Wrote:(29-09-2017, 03:16 PM)Dennis Nicholas Wrote: Dennis,
I would be very careful using AFMT in a ball or roller bearing (even their website doesn't seem to suggest this) because they are antifriction bearings- but they rely on a modicum of internal friction to 'roll' correctly- any slippage of the balls/rollers can cause 'smearing' of the tracks.
The crown and pinion are plain spiral bevel and only have rolling contact so a good thick lubricant suffices here.
20 years as a lube engineer made me very suspicious of any magic fluids- not much of it about since Merlin died.
Cheers, Tony.
Thanks tony.
Attached is the SINTEF lab report which you would be able to understand more fully than I so any further observations would be welcome. Merlin's home town,Tintagel, is not far down the road across the border in Cornwall so I ought to pop down and see if he is home and can enlighten
