Wow, this is news to me. If there really was a ball and spring, it's been
missing for over 30 years on my car. (Bob, I'm not going to worry about it
now.) I wonder why this particular grease zirk is so prone to loosing it's
ball? Hey, everybody look at their rack zirk and report back to the list.
Bob Donahue (Still stuck in the '50s)
Email - bobmgtd@insightbb.com
52 MGTD - NEMGTR #11470
71 MGB - NAMGBR #7-3336
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Howard" <mgbob@juno.com>
To: <bobmgtd@insightbb.com>
Cc: <mg-t@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2002 8:28 AM
Subject: Re: TD Lubrication - nipples / Which Oil?
> Bob,
> Several years back, there was a mention in TSO of that ball in the
> steering rack nipple getting into the rack and causing the rack to jam.
> There is (or was) a ball and spring assembly in that nipple when it was
> new.
> So now that I've ruined your day, bringing you fear of instant rack
> lock-up, what will you be doing this weekend? Sorry.....but thought you
> should know about it.
> Bob
>
>
> On Thu, 20 Jun 2002 00:21:32 -0500 "Bob D." <bobmgtd@insightbb.com>
> writes:
> > It works, but it's messy, very messy. Next time I add oil, I'm going
> > to try
> > my little bottle cap pump device. The steering rack nipple has no
> > spring loaded valve in it. (It's basically just a hole!) So it
> shouldn't
> > take much pressure to inject oil in it.
> ---snip---
> >
> > Bob Donahue (Still stuck in the '50s)
> > Email - bobmgtd@insightbb.com
> > 52 MGTD - NEMGTR #11470
> > 71 MGB - NAMGBR #7-3336
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