Allen Set Screw in place of Grease Fittiing in Front Drive shaft?
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Allen Set Screw in place of Grease Fittiing in Front Drive shaft?
Guys,
Took another look at my drive shaft and found an allen set screw in place of the grease fitting.
Went down to the autoparts store and found assorted metric grease fittings.
This is for the front drive shaft and puts grease into the slide part.
This must not have been greased for a long time.
Yet - I have a grease fitting on the front U joint.
No grease fittings on the back two U joints..
What kind of drive shaft do I have?
Is this an original?
I did grease the front U joint again
and the sliding fitting on the front drive shaft with this new grease fitting.
I just don't want to take up pole vaulting anytime soon.
Took another look at my drive shaft and found an allen set screw in place of the grease fitting.
Went down to the autoparts store and found assorted metric grease fittings.
This is for the front drive shaft and puts grease into the slide part.
This must not have been greased for a long time.
Yet - I have a grease fitting on the front U joint.
No grease fittings on the back two U joints..
What kind of drive shaft do I have?
Is this an original?
I did grease the front U joint again
and the sliding fitting on the front drive shaft with this new grease fitting.
I just don't want to take up pole vaulting anytime soon.
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Ok Got it.
You are saying - when the shaft retracts or flexes in - when the shaft length
decreases - the inward traveling part hits the grease fitting cause the grease fitting is too long and interrupts the travel inward?
Looking it at another way - the grease fitting protrudes into the travel path of the inner part which is doing the contracting and travelling into the outer part.
I never thought of that - and that could be bad very bad.
Good reason to put the small hex screw back in.
I just hate taking this thing off and back on.
But who needs trouble.
You are saying - when the shaft retracts or flexes in - when the shaft length
decreases - the inward traveling part hits the grease fitting cause the grease fitting is too long and interrupts the travel inward?
Looking it at another way - the grease fitting protrudes into the travel path of the inner part which is doing the contracting and travelling into the outer part.
I never thought of that - and that could be bad very bad.
Good reason to put the small hex screw back in.
I just hate taking this thing off and back on.
But who needs trouble.