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#16113 07/30/2004 9:45 PM | Joined: Jul 2002 Posts: 358 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jul 2002 Posts: 358 | Dont laugh... All my cars since I was 17 where Hondas... Teflon and nylon lined suspension parts need NO grease or lubrication.
I took a few minutes today to 'grease up' the Ol'green, for the first time in three years.
The result? Re-discovering just how well this truck rides... | | |
#16114 07/30/2004 10:16 PM | Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 179 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 179 | Whizz, I will refrain from laughing at you.  Are you sure you found all the zerk fittings?
When I go cruisin' in the old truck....women smile, men weep and dogs beg for rides.
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#16115 08/01/2004 1:24 AM | Joined: Jul 2002 Posts: 358 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jul 2002 Posts: 358 | Greg, I did my best to find them all...
I stopped looking when a drop of superheated motor oil dripped down my neck while under the truck.
I was anointed with 20w50.
I guess that makes me a true 'greaser'? | | |
#16116 08/01/2004 1:32 AM | Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 687 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 687 | Whizzer: you need to get your hands dirty more often. Come on out to the farm Grandpa Corn (my Dad) will show all about those Zerks. You didn't go to the field with out hitting those grease zerks in the morning. popcorn The Truth is Out There (my 59 has all stainless they sure are purty) | | |
#16117 08/01/2004 1:53 AM | Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 179 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 179 | Congratulations Whizz!
You are now a "greaser" LOL!
Did you find the grease cup for your generator yet?
When I go cruisin' in the old truck....women smile, men weep and dogs beg for rides.
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#16118 08/08/2004 6:10 AM | Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 2,953 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 2,953 | What no zerks on your whizzers? | | |
#16119 08/09/2004 8:39 PM | Joined: Jun 2000 Posts: 2,773 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jun 2000 Posts: 2,773 | I've finally gotten my 16 year old convinced that the brake bleeder valves are not zerks!
Fred
52 3600
69 C-10
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#16120 08/09/2004 10:49 PM | Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 1,897 Member | | Member Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 1,897 | Well, at least the brake bleeders are not rusting
There is enough good in the worst of us and enough bad in the best of us that it does not behoove any of us to criticize the rest of us.
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Be yourself. If you are ever lost, It will be much easier to find yourself if you know who you are!
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#16121 08/13/2004 10:28 PM | Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 113 Member | | Member Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 113 | Speaking of zerks, I removed most of mine and cleaned the zerks, and then sprayed carb cleaner into the cavity where the grease is "supposed" to go, only to find that I had lots of gunk. I kept cleaning and then re-installed the zerks. Some worked fine and accepted grease, but others would not (they all worked fine after cleaning and off of the car). What do I need to do to fix the problem. Without grease somethings gonna wear out fast. Most of the zerks that were problems were on the spring shackles and the front end steering parts.
Bruce (I love My Truck) Miller
1954 5 Window 3100 Chevy Pickup - Driver
1929 **** Model A Pickup - Restoration
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#16122 08/13/2004 10:50 PM | Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 221 Cruising in the Passing Lane | | Cruising in the Passing Lane Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 221 | 50-four-bruce!
When you have those zerk fittings out you can insert a sharp object (wire etc?) and poke around in the hole to loosen up that crusted grease. I got all my stubborn fittings to work that way. Also, use a pry bar on those shackles between the frame and spring to take the weight off and then try to give it some grease. That works quite often!
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