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- From: hsd@swl.msd.ray.com (HERBERT DASILVA)
- Subject: Re: Do I have grease fittings (or a place for them)?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov11.181300.5441@swlvx2.msd.ray.com>
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- Organization: Raytheon Company, Tewksbury, MA
- References: <1992Nov10.114807.1@woods.ulowell.edu>
- Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 18:13:00 GMT
- Lines: 44
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- welchb@woods.ulowell.edu writes:
-
- >How do you tell if your car is able to be greased? I.e., if you take it to a
- >quicky oil change place for a complete oil and lube job, and then find
- >that all they had to do is change the oil, you could do it yourself.
-
- >My daughter has a '91 Plymouth Acclaim. I got out the Chiltons from the
- >library which covered a lot of cars (including that one). It amazes me
- >that such an erudite and supposedly complete publication does not cover
- >the subject. A generation ago, every gas station had a manual near the
- >lube rack, showing the (many) lubrication points; you wanted to be sure
- >that your mechanic did not miss any. I understand that many cars are
- >supposedly permanently or semi-permanently greased (bringing up the
- >problem of whether fittings should be permanently installed).
-
- Right. Many cars simply have no grease fittings, which can actually lead
- to premature failure if the grease gets contaminated due to a failed
- seal, since you have no way to get new grease in without tapping the
- joint and installing a fitting.
-
- >In the case of the Acclaim, under the heading of replacing the lower
- >support arm, they obscurely say to grease the replaced arm. But the
- >fitting does not appear in the diagram. The word "grease" does not
- >appear in any index or table of contents. The word "lubrication" does
- >not appear in the context of the traditional grease gun.
-
- You should find 4 grease fittings on this (and most other) FWD Chryslers.
- You'll find two on each side, one facing the ground at the bottom of the
- ball joint (look inside the wheel from the engine side, it's at the
- bottom), and one facing up at each steering rod end (almost inside the
- tire on the rear side of the axle).
-
- >I agree that times have changed, and a book has a right to cater to advanced
- >subjects like replacing engine pistons, but IMHO they are missing part of the
- >forest because of the trees.
-
- Did you look in the "maintenance" section (Not necessarily brand
- specific)? If it's not there, you might want to invest in a set of
- factory manuals. There's an order form in the back of the car's owner's
- manual.
-
- >Brendan Welch, UMass/Lowell, W1LPG, welchb@woods.ulowell.edu
-
- Herb "Mopar Maniac" DaSilva
-