Beemon Posted June 10, 2018 Share Posted June 10, 2018 I'm hoping someone can help me out with this. On the earlier distributors (57, etc) there's a wick that you oil to keep the top bushing lubricated. However, on the later distributors, it's like this saw dust grease under the plastic cover below the breaker plate. I dug all that junk out when I was cleaning and shimming this distributor but I'm not sure what to put back in. I was thinking of using heavy duty wheel bearing grease in the place of the saw dust stuff to lube the upper bushing. Any help is always appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Stoneberg Posted June 10, 2018 Share Posted June 10, 2018 I would probably use the same type of lubricant that they use for points. Wheel bearing grease may be too heavy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barney Eaton Posted June 10, 2018 Share Posted June 10, 2018 A light coating of grease should be fine........there is no seal that stops oil fumes from coming up the shaft, so I suspect there is a constant fine mist of oil in that shaft. I recently rebuilt a Corvair distributor and added a bronze bearing to the lower end. That greatly reduced the "wobble" at the top. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beemon Posted June 10, 2018 Author Share Posted June 10, 2018 This is the area in question, the reservoir that goes under the plastic cap and felt washer. It was filled with some saw dust like material caked in grease or something. You can see the hole in the bushing that lubes the distributor shaft. There's not way for motor oil to get here or to lube it manually. So moly grease instead of wheel bearing grease? The felt washer I was instructed to soak in engine oil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beemon Posted June 12, 2018 Author Share Posted June 12, 2018 today I picked up some all purpose moly grease to stuff down in the cavity. I guess I'll see how it goes, but the moly grease is what was used for contact points. Dug a little deeper and saw people were using dielectric grease on the rubbing block? Doesnt make sense to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ttotired Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 I always just used general purpose grease on the rubbing block and cam Absolutely no need for anything special and I have rebuilt hundreds of them Kiss principle 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old-tank Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 18 minutes ago, Ttotired said: I always just used general purpose grease on the rubbing block and cam Absolutely no need for anything special and I have rebuilt hundreds of them Kiss principle Not that it is that special, but I use Sil-Glyde mostly since it come in a handy tube and does not separate. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beemon Posted June 13, 2018 Author Share Posted June 13, 2018 4 hours ago, Ttotired said: I always just used general purpose grease on the rubbing block and cam Absolutely no need for anything special and I have rebuilt hundreds of them Kiss principle The area in question is not the rubbing block and cam, but thanks for the reassurance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drhach Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 Did you ever solve this? I just climbed in to the same boat. I thought it might be chopped up felt soaked in oil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gungeey Posted February 2, 2023 Share Posted February 2, 2023 On 6/10/2018 at 1:16 PM, Beemon said: This is the area in question, the reservoir that goes under the plastic cap and felt washer. It was filled with some saw dust like material caked in grease or something. You can see the hole in the bushing that lubes the distributor shaft. There's not way for motor oil to get here or to lube it manually. So moly grease instead of wheel bearing grease? The felt washer I was instructed to soak in engine oil. I cut some oil absorption shop pads to size then oiled. This is under the plastic seal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NTX5467 Posted February 2, 2023 Share Posted February 2, 2023 Ford Disc Brake chassis grease is moly-fortified. Valvoline has some in synthetic chassis lube, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
60FlatTop Posted February 3, 2023 Share Posted February 3, 2023 Organizational skills learned when you are young will really pay off as you age, Finding a flat surface to do a small job should not take on the action of Moses parting the Red Sea. BUT If you reach your 70's with no cure in sight you can use a white board to hide the clutter in the background. I just happen to have an example of that. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank DuVal Posted February 8, 2023 Share Posted February 8, 2023 But I see no vacant flat surface around that vice!😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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