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Tech. Advice: Series 'B' / 'C' 500cc/1000cc Bikes
General Grease Guns and BSF Nipples
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<blockquote data-quote="John Cone" data-source="post: 11940" data-attributes="member: 280"><p>Hi Guys</p><p>having spent all my working life ,apart from the last 10yrs working on Agricultural machines and trucks. I spent a lot of time fitting greasing points to places where the makers thought it was a good place to make money in having to replace parts that failed. Having moved over to driving trucks for a living, because there is more home life and money to be made and is better than getting covered in oil & grease every day. However lastnight my truck had a systems failure, the propshaft parted company on the M25 due to the lack of grease nipples in the universal joints. The truck is 3yrs old next month and has just clocked up 768,000 kms. So apart from the finger full of grease that was used to assemble the the U/joints was it cost affective on the part of the makers to omitte grease nipples, I think so, although I still bite my tongue saying it. As for grease guns I still use the Tecalamite one my old chap borrowed from H.M Forces back in the 50's and you can still buy parts for if needed.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="John Cone, post: 11940, member: 280"] Hi Guys having spent all my working life ,apart from the last 10yrs working on Agricultural machines and trucks. I spent a lot of time fitting greasing points to places where the makers thought it was a good place to make money in having to replace parts that failed. Having moved over to driving trucks for a living, because there is more home life and money to be made and is better than getting covered in oil & grease every day. However lastnight my truck had a systems failure, the propshaft parted company on the M25 due to the lack of grease nipples in the universal joints. The truck is 3yrs old next month and has just clocked up 768,000 kms. So apart from the finger full of grease that was used to assemble the the U/joints was it cost affective on the part of the makers to omitte grease nipples, I think so, although I still bite my tongue saying it. As for grease guns I still use the Tecalamite one my old chap borrowed from H.M Forces back in the 50's and you can still buy parts for if needed. [/QUOTE]
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