why does it seem to rain more on weekends?

[vash]

damn it! God is such a jokester. hardeeharrhar!

i have so much to do this weekend. AX, mow, hedging,...
great weather all week and now...bleeegggh!

[jyl]

Yeah, but that was a cool little thunderstorm this afternoon.

In the garage now working on the brake refresh. Trying to get the blamed bearing dust cover off.

[azasadny]

We need the rain in SE MI as there is still salt on the roads and grass along the streets. We are at least 1" below average monthly rainfall here and we're supposed to get 5 days of rain mixed with snow. I have had enough snow...

[M.D. Holloway]

Vash - It has to do with pollution. During the week, as pollution increases due to traffic, exhaust from trucks and cars has particultes in it as well as other things. But the particulate matter is what allows water drops to form. They actually form around it the way perals are formed. When they hit a certain density, they fall from the sky. It just so happens that it takes about 4 days in a pretty urban area for this to occur - just in time for the weekend. Kinda like seeding a cloud.

[jyl]

Hey, got the LF rotor changed - so the rain doesn't bother me, it's been a productive hour. The dust cover wiggled right off, the bearing seems fine, nice shiny new drilled rotor, a small bit of satisfaction. Tommorrow morning I'll do the RF, Monday the calipers go to the powder coater, hoping to have the car back on the road next weekend.

[M.D. Holloway]

what grease are you gonna pack that with? If you can wait a week or two, I will send you some great wheel bearing grease. You can even use it on your CV joints. That ***** is "da goodz!"

[jyl]

Errr, maybe I messed up, but I left the old red grease in, added a bit of black moly grease to replace what got removed. Didn't think hard about it. Its the same can of grease that I use for everything, from the Porsche CV joints and now the wheel bearing, to the helicoils on my wife's Nikkor lens, to the swivel balls of my beloved and long-departed Land Rover. I think I've had the can for 10 years. Did I do wrong?

Edit:

The can says "Sta-Lube Extreme Pressure Moly-Graph multi-purpose grease". Base type lithium 12 Hydroxy Stearate. NLGI No. grade 2. Drop point 360F minimum. Water resistance excellent. Timken OK load 40 lbs. Damn, I've gotten it on the laptop keyboard now. I glopped maybe a teaspoon into the hub - I didn't actually "repack" the bearing, because I didn't remove the old grease from it..

The old grease was reddish, sort of. Wasn't hardened or anything like that.

[M.D. Holloway]

STOP EVERYTHING! Don't move! PM me your shipping address ASAP! We have a lube situation that requires immediate assistence!

All that hard work you are doing and all the money you are spending my be (at this very moment) compromised...

That grease is mediocore at best - actually it is a good grease for high speeds because lithium 12 Hydroxy Stearate won't channel like some other greases will but the drop point is real low (thats the temp it liquifies at) and the Timken (although it is a *****ty test to understand grease) is real low as well - 40lbs is like vasolene. If you want to check the water resistance, take a glob in the palm of your hand and run water under it froma facet. As you do that, take your fingers from your other hand and smear the grease into your palm. I would be will to bet you a case of greae that the grease you have will start breaking down and easily wash away. That is what is going to happen in your bearings!

Also, mixing grease is never a good thing and using 10 year old stuff is even worse. I bet when you opened it up their was a mice little layer of oil on the top? Ouch!

[jyl]

Yikes, I'm alarmed now!

I've PM'd you my address.

Tommorrow I will pull the hub back off, as well as the other side, clean out the old grease, and await the emergency airdrop. The drop zone will be marked by red flares.

Is it OK to remove the last vestiges of the old grease by submerging in a tub of gasoline, as long as I then thoroughly remove the gasoline?

[M.D. Holloway]

GASOLINE! Good God man have you no shame!

That does it, I'm getting on a plane tonight. Lock up the dog and muzzle the kids (or is that lock up the kids and muzzle the dog?).

Anyway. That banging on your door in 4hrs will be me looking for 1) one quart of very very hot coffee - black 2) a warm snuggly blanket - no wool 3) a large box to throw all the ruined bearings into.





Just kidding! Seriously, use break cleaner - it will work better but the gas will do. Just make sure that they are dry before you pack. Do you need a bearing packer?

[jyl]

I don't have a bearing packer, but will go to the local auto parts store and buy one. I did a search here and see they are only $12 or so.

Boy, this Porsche stuff is sure high-tech. My old Landie didn't need no fancy airdropped grease and all my tools fit in a small duffel bag, none of this "a new tool with every project" stuff. Methinks the 911 wouldn't do so well out in the veldt.

[M.D. Holloway]

I think Rover is in some Europian version of Chapter 11 - last I heard, some Russian auto maker was looking at them. Not even GM or Ford would pick them up.

Porsche is like your first wife - beautiful, fast and knows how to spend (your money). God don't we love them though, maybe for all the wrong reasons...

[RoninLB]

weekend rain is God's way of keeping the tourists away 'cause he doesn't want you oggling the next Bumper crop of tank top broads.. and this rain keeps them smelling like tuna fish just in case guys have evil thoughts.

[jyl]

That's Rover cars in bankruptcy. Land Rover is owned by Ford and doing pretty well.

[M.D. Holloway]

opps, sorry...thanks for the adjustment.