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| | | | Joined: Dec 2019 Posts: 439 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Dec 2019 Posts: 439 | All new leaf spring shackles arrived and I know it probably doesn’t make a hill of beans difference, but on the original truck were the grease Zirks toward the outside or toward the inside of the frame?
Larry
Old man᠁Old truck᠁neither one goes very fast. All you need in life is TIME, PATIENCE and MONEY.
If you are missing one component, you'll need an abundance of the others two.
| | | | | Joined: Oct 2021 Posts: 6,802 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Oct 2021 Posts: 6,802 | Face them in the direction that's easiest to reach with your grease gun when everything is assembled.
1950 Chevrolet 3100 (Ol' Roy)
1939 Packard Standard Eight Coupe (The Phantom) | 1956 Cadillac Coupe de Ville (The Bismarck) | 1964 Ford Galaxie 500 coupe |1966 Ford Mustang (Little Red) | 1969 Pontiac GTO (The Dishpit) I 1979 Ford F-100 | 1976 Ford F-150 (Big Red) | 1995 Ford F-150 (Newt)
| | | | | Joined: Jan 2019 Posts: 2,242 Herder of Cats, Goats, and Sheep (moderator) | | Herder of Cats, Goats, and Sheep (moderator) Joined: Jan 2019 Posts: 2,242 | I don't have a 37 FSM, but for the 55-59 they were on the outside. | | | | | Joined: Dec 2019 Posts: 439 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Dec 2019 Posts: 439 | Otto, either way is easy to grease, I was wondering how the factory did it 87 years ago.
Larry
Old man᠁Old truck᠁neither one goes very fast. All you need in life is TIME, PATIENCE and MONEY.
If you are missing one component, you'll need an abundance of the others two.
| | | | | Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 5,874 Gearhead, Stovebolt Tech and Parts Tracker, Mod for Swap Meet and GTT | | Gearhead, Stovebolt Tech and Parts Tracker, Mod for Swap Meet and GTT Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 5,874 | 37 GC, The lubrication chart from the 1937 Chevy Truck Operations Manual appears to show all the springs lube fittings facing outward. Refer to points 1, 6, 11 and 14 in the chart (point #'s listed on the next page in the manual if you click "Next Page" towards the bottom). Hope that gives you what you need. 
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| | | | | Joined: Dec 2019 Posts: 439 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Dec 2019 Posts: 439 | Thanks, that’s what I was looking for.
Larry
Old man᠁Old truck᠁neither one goes very fast. All you need in life is TIME, PATIENCE and MONEY.
If you are missing one component, you'll need an abundance of the others two.
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