| Ccaz | -- 02-06-2018 @ 4:38 PM |
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Are these identical to model A caped grease fittings.
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| 3w2 | -- 02-07-2018 @ 9:07 AM |
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If you mean capped grease fittings, the only place they were used on '33 Ford passenger cars and commercial vehicles was on the water pumps. In the case of the single capped fitting on an early '33 V8 or four-cylinder water pump, that would be the same as used on a Model A or '32 four-cylinder or V8 water pump . As a running change, Ford adopted a rounded nipple Alemite fitting and that fitting had a larger in diameter cap than the version for the earlier tapered nipple grease fitting.
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| supereal | -- 02-12-2018 @ 2:42 PM |
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If you are referring to the grease fittings on the rear axle backing plates, these should not be used, as the grease can end up on the shoes and drum. For some reason, after the Model A years, the fittings were not removed. The rear hub bearings must be accessed by puling the drum, removing the snap ring and grease seal so the bearing can be removed, cleaned, and repacked with the correct fiber bearing grease.
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| kubes40 | -- 02-12-2018 @ 3:24 PM |
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Those fittings were eliminated in late 1939 for the exact reason mentioned in the previous post. Some 1940 Fords were produced with them albeit very few. While the threaded hold remained in the axle housings for some time, a brass plug (slotted) was fit vbs. the grease zerk. Mike "Kube" Kubarth
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