During the U-joint discussion last week someone mentioned using a
special attachment for their grease gun to grease the U-joints on a big
Healey. The big Healey I owned ('61 "4-seater") had a plate on top of
the transmission hump that was easily removed by undoing a special low
profile wingnut. The purpose of this plate was to provide access to one
of the U-joints. I've forgotten which one but access from underneath
with impossible. Unfortunately I didn't realize what this plate was for
until just before I sold the car. In the mean time I went through a lot
of agony trying to grease this joint. Maybe earlier Healeys or
2-seaters didn't have this feature.
I've adopted this same approach for the rear driveshaft U-joint on the
snake. Access isn't as bad as it was on the Healey but still a bitch.
Sure made U-joint greasing easier.
Roland
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