What to make of this?

Dischoard · Post by **Dischoard** » Wed Mar 17, 2021 4:38 pm

Do you think this was to keep the barrels and all from rusting? Do you think they took "re-greasing" to mean the outside of the spring drums?
I've just never seen so much grease covering one of these motors before. At first I thought something blew up.

AmberolaAndy · Post by **AmberolaAndy** » Wed Mar 17, 2021 4:50 pm

I’m thinking someone over greased it and the grease has leaked all over.

52089 · Post by **52089** » Wed Mar 17, 2021 5:50 pm

AmberolaAndy wrote: Wed Mar 17, 2021 4:50 pm I’m thinking someone over greased it and the grease has leaked all over.

Yes, this is actually pretty common, though perhaps not quite to that extent.

Dischoard · Post by **Dischoard** » Thu Mar 18, 2021 12:43 pm

It looks more like someone just went at the exterior with a ton of grease as it's on EVERYTHING. This seems to go beyond your normal expulsion of excess grease in the spring drums. And i'm sure this is why the speed just wasn't right, it's caked pretty thick on the governor weights which makes them uneven and inaccurate. This will be fun tear down for sure.

Post by **JerryVan** » Thu Mar 18, 2021 1:05 pm

The grease oozed out. It happens. No big deal. Just wipe it off.

Frisco The Beagle · Post by **Frisco The Beagle** » Thu Mar 18, 2021 8:30 pm

Maybe he was from the "If a little is good, a lot is better" school of thought.

YouTube · Post by **JohnM** » Sun Mar 21, 2021 4:40 am

Dischoard wrote: Thu Mar 18, 2021 12:43 pm It looks more like someone just went at the exterior with a ton of grease as it's on EVERYTHING. This seems to go beyond your normal expulsion of excess grease in the spring drums. And i'm sure this is why the speed just wasn't right, it's caked pretty thick on the governor weights which makes them uneven and inaccurate. This will be fun tear down for sure.

*mainspring barrels (not “drums”).

Dischoard · Post by **Dischoard** » Sun Mar 21, 2021 8:58 am

Ha! If you noticed in the first two sentences I sort of use them interchangeably. When I make the videos of the rebuild I refer to them as barrels but in my head I'm thinking drum (as a musician and someone who just swapped out the shoes in the rear drum brakes of my truck). Thanks!

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