Bud,
I'd been interested in (1) set of adapters. Drop me line and we'll work out the
details.
Jerry - 1968 GT6 MK1
Bud Rolofson wrote:
> Thanks to some inspiration from Peter Zaborski I went looking for a BSP-NPT
> adapter for my steering rack so that I could pump some grease into an area I'd
> been neglecting.
>
> Fortunately I was able to find one locally (Peter had mentioned that the
> Stewart-Warner catalog offered an adapter kit). When I mentioned the SW
>adapter
> kit to my local NAPA dealer he put me on to a local outfit that just happened
>to
> have the right adapter.
>
> The adapter is a 1/8 - 27 NPT female (which accepts the 1/8 grease zerk) with
>a
> 1/8 - 28 BSP male (which goes into rack where the plug is now). With a grease
> zerk (1/8 x 1/8) and the adapter you have a permanent and easy way to grease
> the rack. Plug out, adapter and zerk in. It's as simple as it gets.
>
> Now I have no intentions of competing with the Joe Curry shopping network (no
> one could do as good a job as Joe), but I did pick up two extras if anyone is
> interested. They cost me $7.00 each (you get both the zerk and the adapter)
>and
> I'd be glad to mail them out (you pay for the shipping of your choice) to
>anyone
> who would like one of them. I can't tell you if they will fit any particular
> car. I can only tell you they fit my 71 TR6 and I assume will fit similarly
> equipped cars.
>
> One question for the list. Does anyone have an easy way of greasing the
> u-joints hiding inside the rear hubs? I can see the zerks but can't get to
>them
> since they are so far inside the hub housing. Do I really have to pull the
> brakes, hub, etc. just to grease those two u-joints? Can anyone tell me how
> they've done it? Now that I've done the steering rack they are the last two
> grease points that I've neglected.
>
> Bud 71TR6 CC57365
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