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After doing a cooling system flush and water pump rebuild, I decided I'd give the chassis a lube and see if that does anything for my rear-end chirp. I topped up the diff (I guess RR calls it a "final drive"), drained and re-filled the trunnions (one was completely dry) and greased the u-joints on the drive shafts and prop shaft.
At which point Murphy intervened. On my last grease nipple, the nipple broke off in the gun. Of course it's the one on the front of the propshaft which is almost completely obscured by the chassis crossmember, so I'm going to have to remove that to get an easy-out to the part still in the hole.
As if that wasn't enough, removing the chassis crossmember means removing half of the A-bank exhaust and parts of the parking brake mechanism. Arrrgh.
-- Jeff.
At which point Murphy intervened. On my last grease nipple, the nipple broke off in the gun. Of course it's the one on the front of the propshaft which is almost completely obscured by the chassis crossmember, so I'm going to have to remove that to get an easy-out to the part still in the hole.
As if that wasn't enough, removing the chassis crossmember means removing half of the A-bank exhaust and parts of the parking brake mechanism. Arrrgh.
-- Jeff.