Re: 53 Clipper Brake Pedal

Posted by HH56 On 2017/3/8 16:26:01

Harsh, maybe but IMO a design that relies on visual indicators to tell an operator an operation is complete should not show that indicator before an operation is actually complete. In this case, grease coming out of a near point long before it ever reaches a distant point gives a false impression the grease job was satisfactory. I'd wager that was an issue for some lube jockeys even when the car was within design expectancy.

I think a better way would have been to put the zerk in the middle of the shaft so grease could go to both ends at the same time. Granted, it would be a bit more work in machining the shaft because they would need to add a plug on the open end and the fitting would have to be threaded in after the shaft was installed but neither job requires much more effort than it took to do it the way it was done.