> >>On the passenger's side, the oil didn't seem to even make it into the
> >>trunnion, it just squirted out a little ways below the grease nipple.
> >>Tightening the grease nipple didn't help any.
> >
> >I don't understand, if they put a grease nipple on the thing, why are we
> >putting oil in it and not grease?
>
> Oil is the required form of lubricant, per the manual.
> The grease nipple was typically a PO-installed fitting. I believe all
> Spitfires came with a small bolt to plug the hole. At least mine did.
>
> Dave Williamson (silikal@aol.com) Spits in bits
>
The repair manuals all say to remove the plug, fit a grease nipple, squirt
the oil, then replace the plug. So, I'd figure your right that all
spitfires came with a plug bolt. The annoying thing that my PO, and I
imagine many others, did was not replace the plug but leave the grease
nipple on. I'm sure I could dig up a few of these plugs if I looked around,
but I've never bothered. I suppose now would be a good time to do that,
since I'm rebuilding the suspension...
Jeremy DuBois
Programmer/System Administrator
Thermalogic Corporation
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