In the past, I bought a couple of U-joints from Pep Boys that had the grease
fitting
in the center of one of the caps. (What's more, they were made in the USA).
The fitting is obviously easy to reach and does not ever interfere with
anything.
Theoretically it could cause a slight balance problem on the driveshaft, but I
used
these on the axles where balance is not an issue.
They have held up fine for several years now.
Doug Braun
'72 Spit
At 06:59 PM 12/11/2004 -0700, Joe Curry wrote:
>Larry,
>I think you will find that most of the zerks interfere with full
>movement of the U-Joint. What I always do is Grease the U-Joint really
>well then take the zerk out and make yourself a plug out of a small bolt
>that you cut off and slot with a Dremmel tool. Keep the zerk so you can
>install it for lubrication but run the car with the plugs installed.
>
>Joe
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