Re: Zerk fittings

[Greg Merritt <gregm@engin.umich.edu>]

At 3:44 AM -0000 4/27/97, Melissa & Jim wrote:
>that many of you might not realize that every type III front end has four
>(4!) Zerk (grease) fittings that need to be lubricated periodically.  I hit
>mine twice a year, spring and fall, which is probably more often than
>necessary, but there is no harm in lubing these often.

	I'll second that!  Did mine of Friday...

	...while I was under there discovering a shot steering damper.  My
FLAPS wanted $75 for a new one (!), so I'll be mail-ordering one tomorrow
for $17.  Crazy!

	As I was examining my front end (which has developed a bit of a
shimmy--improved somewhat by swapping on a so-so used damper in the
meantime), I noticed that at the end of the steering travel, both sides,
the pitman arm pivots as if the shaft it's attached to is loose in the
steering box bore.  This normal?  I don't notice any appreciable play in
the steering wheel, but this may be a problem that was masked by the damper
until the damper went bad.

-Greg
'71 squareback
'63 Beetle