Elan Front Suspension
Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2004 12:27 pm
When I bought my +2 a few years ago, there were grease nipples fitted to the front steering pivots (trunnions) for the stub axles. The elan workshop manual says to use EP90 gear oil for lubrication, but I stuck with grease.
Then, when reading an article in Practical Classics this month, there was a comment about not using grease on a Triumph Herald steering pivot, or the pivot could sieze up in use! This is the same as on the Elan - so I think it is time to change to using oil.
The problem is - how to you get the oil into the pivot? What do you do out there in Elanland?
PS - Thanks for the E-mail response on the steel wheels - I am following up on some of them.
Dave Chapman.
Then, when reading an article in Practical Classics this month, there was a comment about not using grease on a Triumph Herald steering pivot, or the pivot could sieze up in use! This is the same as on the Elan - so I think it is time to change to using oil.
The problem is - how to you get the oil into the pivot? What do you do out there in Elanland?
PS - Thanks for the E-mail response on the steel wheels - I am following up on some of them.
Dave Chapman.