Re: [T3] ball joint Zerk thread

[Russ Wolfe <russella@prairieinet.net>]

On Mon, 2002-02-04 at 09:07, Jim Adney wrote:
> On 3 Feb 2002, at 22:50, Ginger D.&Peter P. wrote:
> 
> > Finally greased the front beam, what a mess.  I feel awful that it's
> > been several years, lots of dirty grease coming out.  I have one split
> > lower ball joint boot, and I want to grease it, but an M6x1.0 Zerk
> > won't thread in.  What size is it?
> 
> I think the hole is about 5-6mm, but it is not threaded. You need one of the 
> M6 Zerks with the tapered threads which will just jam in there; they don't 
> really "fit." DON'T OVER GREASE! This is NOT something you need to do 
> every year.
> 
Hmmm, the ones on my '71 were threaded 6M x 1.0. Just make sure they
sold you 6M zerks. The first ones I got were sold as 6M's but were not. 

Russ Wolfe
'66 FB (It drives)
'71 FB (It is parked)
russw@classicvw.org
http://classicvw.org



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