- 1. [TR] grease fittings at cap ends? (score: 1)
- Author: "dorpaul" <dorpaul@bellsouth.net>
- Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2008 18:30:45 -0400
- Are there suppose to be grease fittings on the end caps? Seems like I've seen it both ways. If not, why's the hole there? Paul -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for private users. It has
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- 2. Re: [TR] grease fittings at cap ends? (score: 1)
- Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@ca.rr.com>
- Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2008 15:42:10 -0700
- Not sure which "end caps" you are talking about, Paul. If you mean the dust caps for the front wheel bearings, then no, there is not supposed to be a grease fitting there (although no doubt some peo
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- 3. Re: [TR] grease fittings at cap ends? (score: 1)
- Author: "Geo Hahn" <ahwahnee18@gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2008 13:01:51 -0700
- I was thinking that the very early TRs had a zerk on the hub cap and were to be filled with grease. Certainly Paul's, mine & most others would only have that screw hole. I back up the hole with a nut
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- 4. Re: [TR] grease fittings at cap ends? (score: 1)
- Author: "dorpaul" <dorpaul@bellsouth.net>
- Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2008 16:33:33 -0400
- I called them 'cap ends', but correctly I guess their 'dust caps'. Randall said the hole allows for a 10-32 screw to be inserted, which "pushes" the cap off when it contacts the stub axle. A nut on
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- 5. Re: [TR] grease fittings at cap ends? (score: 1)
- Author: Andrew Mace <zoboherald@aol.com>
- Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2008 16:36:30 -0400
- I was thinking that the very early TRs had a zerk on the hub cap and were to be filled with grease.... ==AM== You might be close to correct on that. IIRC, the earliest TR2s shared front hubs with the
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- 6. Re: [TR] grease fittings at cap ends? (score: 1)
- Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@ca.rr.com>
- Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2008 14:12:23 -0700
- You recall correctly (as usual), Andy. Discontinued at TS5348 according to the factory workshop manual. But as you say, the zerk was on the hub, not on the cap. Randall _____________________________
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