Re: U joint - does it matter where the grease fitting is?

From: Michael Maskalans (dml@tepidcola.com)
Date: Sun Oct 11 2009 - 11:35:56 EDT


On Oct 11, 2009, at 11:20 , David Gersic wrote:

> Before I go hunting for a shop to rework this driveshaft to flip the
> U joint
> around, is there a reason I shouldn't do this? Does it matter
> whether the
> grease zerk is on the "inside" (closest to the centre of the
> driveshaft) or
> "outside" (closest to the end of the driveshaft)?

The only reason zerk position matters is for grease gun clearance.
You should be able to just pull 4 bolts, drop that end of the shaft,
and get the gun on there with no issue.

Mike



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