The Precision 371 have the grease fittings on the end caps.
The Precision 377 are the same size but don"t have grease fitings.
Tony
--- In amphicar-lovers@yahoogroups.com, glennyrosa@... wrote:
>
> Wow, lotsa good info. Sounds like a lot of work. I gues and
important item too ask is do these new joints come with grease
fittings?
>
> glenn
> -------------- Original message --------------
> From: "Denise Ortakales" <tony@...>
> I have 4 of the larger drive shafts in my 2 cars which have ?30mm
u-
> joints. (I believe there are 4 deferent styles). I replaced my u-
> joints with Precision 371 which use internal clips (inside the
yoke)
> and the caps are ?30.2mm. From what I've seen on the Internet
> Precision 371 and the SPICER 5-297X are the same size. What I did
is
> ground the caps to ?30mm so they would fit, I also ground the end
of
> the caps so the overall length would be the right size (don't
> remember the size). The problem I had was the caps were rounded on
> the edges so the external clips would not work correctly, they hit
> in the middle not on the edges. So I machined the inside of the
> yokes to receive internal clips, but in order to machine the yokes
> enough to clean I had to open them up so the stock clips were not
> thick enough so I had to made thicker clips.
>
> I don't know if the SPICER 5-297X caps are rounded on the edges.
If
> they are not you will only need to grind the caps from ?30.2mm to
> ?30mm and the end of the caps to match the overall length. I have
> access to machines to do all this so it didn't cost me anything to
> modify. Gord told me he has the right ones for around $50.00. I
> don't have the car running yet so I don't know how good all this
is
> going to work, I was told that I might have some vibration.
>
> Tony
>
>
>
>
> --- In amphicar-lovers@yahoogroups.com, "gtpeterp" <yahoo@> wrote:
> >
> > Looking in the parts listing, it shows that the Spicer 5-297X
> > Universal Joint is a replacement for the existing Drive Shaft U-
> Joint.
> > Is this a drop in, or is there machining required? Also, that
part
> > doesnt seem to have a zerk fitting, but Napa stocks the
equivalent
> > size with end cap zerks and the stock zerk on the face of the
> joint.
> > If anyone could point me in the right direction, I'd be grateful.
> >
> > Peter
> >
>
>
>
>
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