Reply To: U Joint problems

[Dave White]

Craig,

PASB 72-4 contains a panel discussion and one part of it was information from Henry E. Becker about what he uses in his 1919. He said he replaced the screw-in plug with a grease fitting and used a LOW pressure grease gun to put Moly grease in it being careful not to over grease it. He also commented that they were originally intended to have oil in them as Greg mentioned above.

One other article mentioned that the Series 80-81 and ’29 through ’32 are different from the earlier cars and ’33 on has another type. I don’t know if this is true or not.

This is all I found on u-joint lubrication, so I will endeavor to get one of our experts to put together an article for a future PASB.

Rich, that sounds like a great idea for an article. How about documenting your adventures bringing your car back to life as a start?

Dave