Driveshaft lube

[Ameer Antar]

In my Bentley for 5ktq's it says to lube every 9000 miles...That's actually 
pretty often...I wonder how many 5ktq's, etc. have shafts that never got 
grease since their dealer days? What other parts on the type44's need lube?

I thought modern cars were supposed to do away w/ all the grease fittings 
and lube stuff. I think the Vega was s'posed to be the USA's first try at 
lube free chassis. My '65 MGB had grease fittings on the driveshaft, but I 
think the very late models came w/ a lube free model. So why can't Audi do 
it in '86? Is there another alternative? Aren't there some types of shafts 
that don't need it? Thanks.

-ameer


At 08:38 AM 1/26/2001 , you wrote:
> > Manual sez lube every 12K miles. Every one I've done for
>the first time
> > took 15-20 pumps on my mini luber...
>
>Yup - checked.  Microfiche says 30,000 _km_.
>
>It's in the maintenance documentation, but not the service
>documentation.  For the ur-quattro at least, it isn't on the
>checklist for either lubrication or major services and so
>virtually NEVER gets done.
>
>My record is 28 pumps - usual is around 17 for a first
>attempt.  I then continue until the grease comes out clean,
>which usually only a couple more pumps!
>
>
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