I don't think the angle drive housing is that tight -- grease would probably squish out around the brass bushings. When I cleaned mine the solvent poured out there. But you may be right that a housing totally full of heavy weight grease could be too difficult for the spindle cable (or plastic wheel disc) to turn. I packed mine with a lighter weight lithium grease. Did it through the lubricant hole by hand (finger?). Took a while, but I really like the way the gears felt when finished. My home made spindle cable has no trouble turning them. Bill Robertson #5939 >--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "David Teitelbaum" <jtrealty@xxxx> wrote: > The threads do match up to a zerk fitting but the angle drive is made > out of soft metal so you can force it to fit. The bigger issue is that > you can develop a lot of pressure with a grease gun and if you are not > careful you will blow the side right off. IMHO it is better to use the > screw and a small hand powered grease gun with a blunt tip. This way > you can't put too much presure into the angle drive. Also a zerk > fitting will hold the pressure inside, if you use the screw the > pressure is released when you remove the hand greaser. For a job that > is done infrequently just be careful not to lose the screw. > David Teitelbaum > vin 10757 > > > --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Stephen Card" <stephen@xxxx> wrote: > > Do the threads in the angle drive cross right over to a specific > > size zerk fitting (size?) or does it have to be re tapped? I have my > > front axle currently disassembled for brake work and would like to > > make this modification while it's off. > > Thanks, > > Stephen > > Vin 3601 > > > > >I personally like Andrei Cular's idea of replacing the lubricant > > screw with a grease zerk fitting.