You could pick up some longer nibs for the gun to connect to. Of course you
cannot leave them on there as they will snap off with the first rotation of
the u joint but after greasing you can replace the nibs with the smaller
ones. BTW, I somehow manage to get the grease gun on the small nibs on the
ujoint by a combination of rotating the drive shaft and raising and lowering
the rear axle. I use a cheap one hand gun with a 6" rigid pipe with nib
fitting. It is the kind that uses small cartridges.
Chris Reichle
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From: mgs-owner
To: mgs
Subject: Lube the U Joints?
Date: Sunday, August 10, 1997 11:29AM
I never did see my previous note on the list server,
so at risk of boring y'all, here it is again.
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Do I really REALLY REEAALLYY need to pull the whole
drive shaft on my 72 midget just to grease the 2 U joints?
My grease gun as an end just about 1/2" in diameter. No
matter how I turn the prop shaft, not enough space opens up.
Must I disconnect the shaft at the rear axle to grease the
rear U joint? What's gonna happen when I get to the front
U joint? Does the whole shaft need to slide out so I can
wiggle the joints to open up more clearance.
Or, should I shop around for a smaller grease gun end?
chuck (chuckc@ibm.net cciaffon@cisco.com) ciaffone
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