Barry Schwartz wrote:
[snip]
> I make sure the cups are fully lubed,
> and just plug the hole with an allen grub screw. The driveshaft on a
> spitfire is so hard to get at that I don't think it's worth the bother of a
> grease nipple, and I only had one failure of a u-joint due to lack of
> grease, after about seven years, and that was the original factory one!-
> soon!)
[snip]
Right. The Japanese u-joints I've used (anyone wanna bash 'em for
making PARTS that fit our cars?) have a grease nipple that doesn't even
come close to fitting inside the joint. And the joint is usually going
to check out before it needs much re-lubrication anyway, it seems ...
--
Martin Secrest
73 GT6 (u-j's not making noise)
74 Spitfire (all quiet here too ... for today)
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