I'm just speculating, since I don't have any parts earlier than '73, but it looks like the early racks had a grease fitting opposite of the steering shaft and were probably BSP tapered and all that. The plug in the cap on my '73 rack is not tapered.
I would drill it and rethread it, if I could get the damn cap off. I don't have a 1 5/16" wrench. It's on so tight my big pliers slip and I don't want a chewed up part on my rebuild. A 1 5/16" socket is probably $20.00. Money, money, money!!!! Larry ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Gosling, Richard B" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "'Larry Vaughan'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, November 01, 2004 12:27 PM Subject: RE: zerk > Doesn't "BSP" mean "British Standard Pipe", which is a tapered thread? > If so, I don't see how it could fit the hole in the rack, which has a non-tapered thread. > > It sounds like the grease fitting I mentioned in my previous post, which "almost" fits. > > Doug > > > At 08:30 AM 11/1/2004 +0000, Gosling, Richard B wrote: > >Rimmers > >(http://www.rimmerbros.co.uk/cgi-bin/rimmer?spitfire/steering#Steering%20Ra c > >k/Mountings%20&%20Lower%20Steering%20Shaft) list a "GREASE NIPPLE 1/4"BSP > >STRAIGHT" for the steering rack. *** http://www.team.net/the-local *** Your messages not reaching the list? Check out http://www.team.net/posting.html *** unsubscribe/change address requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or try *** http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool *** http://www.team.net/mailman/listinfo *** Archives at http://www.team.net/archive *** Edit your replies!
