Teflon Steering Link Seats

[Charles Reese]

When (if) using the modern Teflon seats in the drag link/tie rod (balls welded/turned to correct size), does one add grease or simply let the Teflon ‘do its thing’?

[BudP]

I added grease: couldn't see the harm. No problems after several years.

[Barney]

I lubricate my Teflon-Seats. I take a special grease for plastics. Klüber Polylub GLY151.
This goes well with Teflon.
See here:
http://www.klueber.com/en/product-detail/id/317/

Greetings Barney

[2manycars]

I grease mine. They have been in there for 15 years, with no wear. I had the balls rebuilt by A&L so they are smooth and round.

[wrndln]

I agree with the greasers. I greased my when I installed them a year ago. Like was mentioned above, it can't hurt and probably helps.
Rusty Nelson

[dave in australia]

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Be careful of which grease you use. Some greases will attack teflon and cause it to swell, make it soft and then squash out.

[Vic in E-TN]

Dave:
Teflon is very inert. I do not know of any solvent which will attack it. We were using teflon on globe and gate valve stem seals in HF (hydrofluoric acid) service. HF will not attack steel piping however. Please clarify which solvents put the teflon at risk.
Vic

[Jim Huseby]

What will keep the ball, spring and inside of the hsg. from rusting if you don't grease it ?

[dave in australia]

Originally Posted by Vic in E-TN

Dave:
Teflon is very inert. I do not know of any solvent which will attack it. We were using teflon on globe and gate valve stem seals in HF (hydrofluoric acid) service. HF will not attack steel piping however. Please clarify which solvents put the teflon at risk.
Vic

Vic, maybe it wasn't teflon I was thinking of then.

[SteveB31]

Most people do not grease things near enough. Grease them and most anything else that moves against another part.

[Ian NZ]

When the Teflon seats are fitted to the drag link/tie rod ends do you notice any difference to steering comparing it with the original steel seats?

[SAJ]

Hi Ian. I just had new steering balls fitted by HBI Enginerring in Christchurch. Old ones were incredibly worn.
Les Pearson recommended them. I then fitted teflon buttons and greased them prolifically.
My steering backlash is now 2 inches at the wheel, down from 21/2 inches before ( 7 tooth box).
But the steering feels no lighter than before. I have a new shortened pitman arm from Snyders which was in some long time before the the new balls were fitted. Toe in set to 1/16 inch. Car steers well at 60 mph .

[Clydes 31 P/U]

Most greasable pivot point failures and excessive wear can be linked to a problem that my Dad always said was caused by "too much grease in the warehouse".

[columbiA]

Both my A,s have new steering balls,teflon seats,short P-arms & needle sector brgs & both steer very easily.The coupe will steer slightly easier than the sedan because it has a needle thrust brg on sector shaft & sedan still has the brass thrust washer.I always grease my A,s every 500 miles-more than needed on modern roads-but a tube of grease is good for multiple grease jobs.I change oil every 1,000 miles-no filter.

[Tanglfoot]

Hey SAJ 60 MPH eh, must be that OD unit
Ahooga

[BILL WILLIAMSON]

Originally Posted by 2manycars

I grease mine. They have been in there for 15 years, with no wear. I had the balls rebuilt by A&L so they are smooth and round.

Dog here,
Say, Buddy, about these rebuilt balls, do they require an exchange, or do they just do a "core charge"? Just wonderin'-----Buster T.

[SAJ]

Tanglefoot. I recognise that "Ahooga". Before I fitted the Mitchell I could only do 59.5 mph! It is so much quieter at 60 with lower revs that I can hear Diane when she yells at me to go faster. The B carby added a lot too.
Today I started building up the pedal stops so the pedals don't contact the floorboards. I hope this will remove an annoying drumming noise as I decelerate. This should quieten things at motorway speeds even more, I hope
SAJ in NZ.

[ctlikon0712]

So, can I take it as gospel that all you guy's prefer the newer style Teflon buttons over the original bronze/oilight type? Is there really a difference?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oilite

[Bob-A]

I ended up with just a set of the Teflon seats and not the springs, spacers, etc. that come in the complete kit. Everywhere I've read
about how you must use the special parts in the kit in order to use
the Teflon seats. Well, I modified the Teflon seats to work with the
original Ford tie rod/drag link parts and they work fine. Must be
the old motorsickle hood in me that just don't believe everything he
reads.

Bob-A