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I took advantage of the warm weather today to grease the kingpins, only to find that the offside one was hidden behind the damper and I had to loosen it to enable the grease gun to clamp onto it. I`ve not had this problem before so I wonder if the nipple was changed at the last service for some reason. I`ll see about changing it for a differently angled one at the Resto Show.The nearside one was done in a couple of minutes. Also cleaned the inside of the wheels with WD40 whilst the wheels were off the ground.
Then I took Megan out for a blast to check everything was OK and had a great top-down run for 30+ miles around the lanes of South Derbyshire. Days like today make me realise what a great privilege it is to have the ability to climb into a Morgan on a whim and just take off into the countryside. I got behind 4 hooded youths in a Peugeot with baked bean can exhaust and at a road works traffic light they all turned round and waved at me giving the thumbs up and smiling like toddlers - There`s hope for us yet!
Last edited by PhilRoyle; 15/02/19 04:30 PM.
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I have always had this problem with the off side nipple whereas the nearside is fine. I wonder why they should be so different?
110 mile run out today in beautiful sunshine to see the progress on the SS100.
Here for a good time not a long time!!
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I loosen the nipple off with a spanner to get access
JohnV6
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Try a different grease gun head or adjust your existing one. I bought a cheap new one with flex hose and have had no trouble latching on since 😆
Richard
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Snap! Must be the weather for it! But my nipples behaved themselves!
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You need to get the angle of the grease gun and the nipple to match so that the nipple can get into the grease gun head.
This is different on each side on my plus 4 and I have to turn the wheel a bit further out to do the offside.
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My offside nipple is also blocked off by the damper so turning the wheel slightly is the way to give clearance.
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Also went for a spin today and come back and got the grease gun and my nipples behaved as well and then fitted Dave's mohair gaiters.
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I bought a nipple gripper 🤪. Works really well.
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I'm struggling with the nipples on my prop shaft... any tips on that? It seems to partially latch but when I pump the gun the nozzle just jumps off.
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