Re: Lubing Drive Shafts...how!

["Fred Munro" <munrof@isys.ca>]

Thanks, Mark, I'll give that a try. I could get the gun on the fitting, but
the angle wasn't right and grease leaked around the fitting. I may also try
replacing the straight zerk fitting with a 45 degree fitting to see if it
makes it easier to get a gun on there. I'd hate to foul up the delicate
balance on the driveshaft, though :o)
    The best setup I ever saw was the U-joints on an old Dodge van I used to
own. The zerk fitting was in one end cap - you just rotated the driveshaft,
popped on the grease gun, and the job was done.

Fred
-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Pollan <Mark.Pollan@MCI.COM>
To: Fred Munro <munrof@isys.ca>
Cc: spokes@mail.the-wire.com <spokes@mail.the-wire.com>; quattro Group
<quattro@coimbra.ans.net>
Date: Tuesday, November 03, 1998 9:03 AM
Subject: Re: Lubing Drive Shafts...how!


>>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