Reply To: Ball bearing shackle history questions

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Studebaker used ball bearing shackles on their senior cars for

several years in the early ’30’s.

I’m in charge of three cars with ball bearing shackles that haven’t

received a lick of lubricant in 80 years.They work just fine.I don’t

know how long the engineers were expected to build a car to last,but

I’ll have to applaud their results.

I do admit that my hackles are up over the shackles not having a

reasonable lubricating solution.