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Re: [TR] bottom trunnion grease fitting size?

To: "'list Triumph'" <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [TR] bottom trunnion grease fitting size?
From: "Randall" <tr3driver@ca.rr.com>
Date: Sun, 15 Jun 2008 21:36:40 -0700
> The driver's side brass truunion is missing it's bottom 
> grease fitting.  I was hoping it would be an easy replacement 
> as I had several sizes of fittings in my shop.  None of them 
> 'caught' any kind of thread or anything, but, a fine threaded 
> 5/16" bolt seem to come the closest (it didn't really thread either).

Paul, I just checked an old trunnion from the junk box, and it took a
standard 1/8" NPT grease zerk.  If a 1/8 NPT zerk won't thread into your
trunnion, then I'd guess it's missing because the threads are stripped.
Might be metric I guess, but I've not heard of anyone supplying trunnions
that take metric grease fittings (and I'm guessing a 1/8 NPT would go into a
M10x1 hole anyway).

Offhand I don't see any way to repair them without taking the trunnion off
the car, so you can clean it up and try to braze or glue a repair.

>     I believe this size fitting is also used above the ball joints.

ISTR the grease fittings on the ball joints use 1/4-28 threads into the BJ,
rather than the 1/8 NPT.

Randall
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