U-Jounts you could actually lubricate date from the days when the average
car owner was assumed to have enough simple mechanical aptitude (and
interest) to take an active role in the maintenance of his/her vehicle.
Somewhere along the line, most manufacturers decided the average owner had
become too stupid or lazy (no comment) to accomplish even the simplest of
tasks on a vehicle...so goodbye zerk fittings, hello to "sealed for life" (a
very, very short life!) components. U-joints without a fitting have to be
removed/disassembled to be lubricated. Dumb? You betcha'!
Jim Algar
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> From: Larry Cogan
> Reply To: Larry Cogan
> Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2000 2:52
> To: Spridget List
> Subject: U Joint Zerk 70 Midget
>
> Went looking for the grease fitting on rear u joint....nada. Looked at
> the
> owners manual and it is not on the lubrication list. MossyVic shows a u
> joint, with zerk, as the replacement part. Were the zerks a victim of
> cost
> cutting bean counters in later Spridgets? (My Bug eye has em). How long
> do
> u joints last without regular lube? I'll bet the answer to that is half
> way
> between Florida and Philly, on Interstate 95, on a very hot August day!
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