Originally Posted by
mrd72
So after talking to TFL they told me to ditch the stuffing tube with the teflon liner since I had a problem with it melting and taking out a stuffing tube, so I went ahead and took out and installed a new 5/16 stuffing tube for 1/4" shaft then a 3/8" sleeve for the bearing oiler. Installed everything and clamped down the oiler nice and tight and went to pump some marine grease and it came out from everywhere around the bearing oiler besides going thru the stuffing tube and coming out of the strut like I was told it was going too. So basically I made a big mess and still no grease going down the shaft towards propeller. Am I doing something wrong? I placed a small piece of 1/4 fuel tube on the shaft hoping to hold back some of the grease coming out of the bearing..no help there. really aggravating especially paying $60 for 2 of these bearing oilers. Maybe I should of stayed with the teflon liner.
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The grease will take the shortest route with least resistance. I put my greasing points as far away from the end of the stuffing tube as possible, that is usually only 2-5cm anyways. The best way to get the grese down the tube, is to run the motor at low rpm and let the cable "wind" the grease through. Pre greasing the cable before putting it in doesn't hurt either.
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