From: Douglas B Rupp (rupp@gnat.com)
Date: Tue Aug 10 2004 - 16:51:01 PDT
It seems slightly odd to have only a12lb relief valve when a typical grease
gun can develop thousands of lbs of pressure.
I want to see grease oozing out the back side of whatever it is I'm trying
to lubricate, not shooting out of a relief valve...
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jon Shoop" <shoop19@brick.net>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>; "Douglas B Rupp"
<rupp@gnat.com>
Sent: Sunday, August 08, 2004 7:40 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] Early M548 road wheel idler arms
> My M114 hub covers had been updated.......by adding a 12 lb pop off grease
> cap and a grease fitting.....be sure to drain the oil first.
>
> Jon
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Douglas B Rupp" <rupp@gnat.com>
> To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> Sent: Sunday, August 08, 2004 5:59 PM
> Subject: Re: [MV] Early M548 road wheel idler arms
>
>
> >
> > > > The early model M548's don't have grease fittings on the road wheel
> > idler
> > > > arms, instead drain and fill plugs. Does anyone know what kind of
oil
> > they
> > > > take? I suspect 30W, same as the road wheel bearings but would like
> > other
> > > > opinions.
> > >
> > > Mate you are wasting your time. They are a bad design and just like
the
> > > oil in the hubs, it doesn't want to stay in there. There is a
> > > mod out to convert them to grease nipples as was done with the hubs.
> >
> > Yes I know that.
> > However until such time as I can find the parts, instructions, and time
to
> > do the modification, it seems unwise not to maintain what I have now.
> >
> >
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