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Re: [Roadsters] grease

To: Bruce & Bonnie Crump <bruce.crump@sasktel.net>
Subject: Re: [Roadsters] grease
From: "John F Sandhoff" <sandhoff@csus.edu>
Date: Tue, 02 Nov 2010 17:37:20 -0700
> When I decided to grease everything as part of restoring our 1969 2000, 
> I found plug bolts instead of grease zerks in both upper ball joints and 
> both ends of the tie rods on both sides... yikes, no grease in these 
> components since birth at the factory!?!?

Sometimes, a frugal mechanic will unscrew the plug, install a zerk,
lube the joint, and replace the plug. And I can argue that's the best
way to do a U-joint.

That said, likely yours is the first aftermarket grease these parts
have seen :-)

-- John
     John F Sandhoff   sandhoff@csus.edu   Sacramento, CA
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