Re: Fwd: TQ rumble

[Steve Manning <stephenm@ix.netcom.com>]

At 02:09 AM 9/26/97 -0400, you wrote:
>Hi Phil,
>
>In your reply to the message below you wrote about a greese nipple on the
>universal joint of a quattro propeller shaft.  On my 4000 CSQ this nipple
>look impossible to get to the way it is assembled.  It looks as if the angle
>of the nipple would line up with the gap between the two shaft halfs if the
>joint was rotated 90 degrees.  Have you seen this before?  Can the nipple be
>rotated?

Rotate the nipple instead.  Get the rear end on jackstands, rotate the
driveshaft until you get the best angle at the nipple, then loosen/tighten
the nipple (use whatever wrench you can get to fit) until you get access to
it.  If that doesn't work, unscrew the nipple and replace it w/one with a
better angle (they come straight, 90degree, 45degree, etc.).  I've never
failed to get to one this way..........SLM

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