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Old 05-28-2009, 12:05 AM   #4
79gmcc15
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Re: never used lube!

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Originally Posted by powerdriver 1958 View Post
Your biggest prob may come from the grease fittings being rusted up.
hey, I was bored today and decided to get this done. so I got some grease and went to town. I only got 7-8 of them. then I ran out of grease. or so I thought. anyway, how do I know if one is rusted? they were all nicely covered with grease lol. but there was one on passenger side that seems to be connected to the frame *tie rod?* and I put the gun on there and squeezed and squeezed till I thought I was out of grease and it seamed to have some more resistance then the others. so I am wondering if that one might be rusted. the reason I said I "thought" I was out of grease was when I was working on that one zert and my plunger on the gun bottomed out. then when I was cleaning up, I opened it up and out popped about a half of a tube of lube lol it was only the 4oz cans so it wasn't A lot but it was enough to make a big mess lol. Sometime next week I am going to get a new bigger gun with the flex hose. that will make it a lot easier.
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