Re: Lubing Drive Shafts...how!

[Mark Pollan <Mark.Pollan@mci.com>]

>There is a zerk fitting on the driveshaft central U-joint. Grease it
>until you see grease coming out from under all four bearing cups. It's a
>trick to get a grease gun on here - you need a small diameter tip on the
>gun. I tried to get mine last weekend, but the gun tip was too large. Will
>try again with another gun.

I have _never_ been able to get a greas gun on the fitting given the
orientation of the zerk to the U-joint. I found that a 9mm ignition
wrench is thin enough to allow one to unscrew the zerk to the proper
orientaion to get a grease gun on there.  I unscrewed the fitting almost
a full turn the other day.  There was no problem with grease coming
ouy around the threads so you may want to try this to simplify access.

HTH,

Mark Pollan, '86 5KCSTQ 269K Miles