<div dir="ltr">........and now we know why!<div><br></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px">The </span><b style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px">Zerk</b><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"> design, </span><b style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px">named</b><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"> after Oscar </span><b style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px">Zerk</b><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px">, used a </span><b style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px">fitting</b><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"> much smaller than the Alemite pin-type and did not lock the hose coupler or hand gun and </span><b style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px">fitting</b><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"> together. Instead, the seal between them was maintained by the pressure of a pushing action when the operator applied the coupler to the </span><b style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px">fitting</b><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px">.</span> <br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, May 12, 2020 at 12:48 PM Dane via Rovernet <<a href="mailto:rovernet@rovernet.org">rovernet@rovernet.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Zerk is the American term for grease nipple as Steven says. Americans <br>
use quaint language just to confuse people who use more correct English!!<br>
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On 12/05/2020 8:57 pm, Steven Dibdin via Rovernet wrote:<br>
> Also known as a grease nipple.<br>
><br>
> Sent from a small screen, please excuse any typos.<br>
><br>
>> On May 12, 2020, at 06:42, Alan Francis via Rovernet <<a href="mailto:rovernet@rovernet.org" target="_blank">rovernet@rovernet.org</a>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> Forgive my ignorance whats a "zerk"<br>
>><br>
>> Regards<br>
>><br>
>> Alan<br>
>><br>
>>> On Mon, May 11, 2020 at 4:21 PM Gordon Reddy via Rovernet <<br>
>>> <a href="mailto:rovernet@rovernet.org" target="_blank">rovernet@rovernet.org</a>> wrote:<br>
>>><br>
>>> Wow!, Thank you hugely Lance, I would never of thought of that.<br>
>>> Gord<br>
>>><br>
>>> -----Original Message-----<br>
>>> From: garrett bourque via Rovernet<br>
>>> Sent: Sunday, May 10, 2020 1:21 PM<br>
>>> To: Rovernet<br>
>>> Cc: garrett bourque<br>
>>> Subject: Re: [Rovernet] Of zerks and things which go bump in the night;<br>
>>> spastic 'pumpkin' redux<br>
>>><br>
>>> Coongrats, Lance, Good to hear! Take care, Garrett<br>
>>><br>
>>> On Sun, May 10, 2020 at 2:00 PM Vern Inkspot via Rovernet <<br>
>>> <a href="mailto:rovernet@rovernet.org" target="_blank">rovernet@rovernet.org</a>> wrote:<br>
>>><br>
>>>> Nice story Lance. And think how much extra stuff you’ve learned along the<br>
>>>> way!<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> Your first sentence is pretty much my first rule of life.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> Yours<br>
>>>> Vern<br>
>>>><br>
>>>><br>
>>>>> On May 10, 2020, at 10:40 AM, LANCE LA CERTE PSY D via Rovernet <<br>
>>>> <a href="mailto:rovernet@rovernet.org" target="_blank">rovernet@rovernet.org</a>> wrote:<br>
>>>>> Note to self: the more I know, the more I know what I don't know------<br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>> Several weeks ago I put out an SOS about my bumping, swaying, and<br>
>>>> grinding differential (sounds just like a burlesque show!). I wanted to<br>
>>>> thank everyone once again for all their input/words as wisdom. I<br>
>>> thought<br>
>>>> imparting my newfound wisdom on this project might be helpful for anyone<br>
>>>> facing a similar situation.<br>
>>>>> After checking all of the half-shaft u-joints (installed less than 500<br>
>>>> miles ago), and then dropping that dastardly pumpkin out of the rear end<br>
>>>> without killing myself, I proceed to split the casings in hopes of<br>
>>> finding<br>
>>>> the culprit. The only good news was that the crown gear and all other<br>
>>>> internals were in perfect shape. Propeller shaft u-joints; check. Rear<br>
>>>> wheel bearings; check. Vegemite in both glove boxes; check.<br>
>>>>> After much gnashing of teeth, I brought in another, far more sagacious,<br>
>>>> set of eyes. What he discovered was I had installed the driver's side<br>
>>>> u-joint for the end of the half-shaft which bolts to the brake disc,<br>
>>>> BACKWARDS!!!! I was gobsmacked to realize one could even install a<br>
>>>> u-joint backwards. As it turns out, the correct Spicer u-joints for the<br>
>>>> half-shafts (5-178-x) have zerks, and for the Rover application those<br>
>>>> zerks<br>
>>>> have to face AWAY from the discs, because the clearance of the 'ears' on<br>
>>>> the half shaft is greater that the clearance of the ears on the plate<br>
>>>> which<br>
>>>> bolts to the disc. Placing the zerk towards the disc results in the<br>
>>>> binding of the zerk with rotation of the wheel/half-shaft!!!!<br>
>>>>> Happy mother's day. Lance<br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>><br>
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