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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 ------------------------------------------------------------------- List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list or mailto:help@vwtype3.org