Chassis Lube

[sroberts]

Hey all,

Getting ready for my 25k oil change and I was thinking I might want to lube the chassis. I flipped thru the manual and didn't see a diagram of the grease points. Anybody have such a diagram or description of where they all are? The car is so low to the ground its hard to see everything and having all the info ahead of time would help.

[Loren]

Ya old fart, if you're looking for grease fittings, you won't find any. :)

Everything is sealed and "permanently lubricated" from the factory. The only thing they lubricate is stuff like door hinges, clutch and shifter linkages, and that sort of thing.

Just give everything a good inspection... check your CV boots for tears or leakage (as long as the grease stays IN them, they last nearly forever), same on the tie rod boots, ball joint boots, etc. That's all you need to do. Nothing torn means the grease is still there and you're good to go.

[Loren]

PS: Come lube my Spit for me, would ya?

[sroberts]

Haha, yeah, Im used to dealing with older vehicles like my Jeeps. But I guess thats less maintenance for me to do. I love my Yaris

[Doug007]

LOL - got rid of my grease gun years ago. I recall the mess of applying bearing grease to the splines of my MGB. Good times.

[TheSilkySmooth]

Originally Posted by Loren

PS: Come lube my Spit for me, would ya?

I dont recall - does that have kingpins on the front end or ball joints? The first car I learned to drive on was a 1959 Triumph Herald 2 dr ( saloon?). I think same chassis and funky swing arm rear suspension. I didnt mind lubing on a lifty but not my favourite thing at home on the tarmac.

[TheSilkySmooth]

Geez - is that a Bayou blue Herald? - same colour as our 3dr Yaris! Amazing!

[Loren]

Originally Posted by TheSilkySmooth

I dont recall - does that have kingpins on the front end or ball joints? The first car I learned to drive on was a 1959 Triumph Herald 2 dr ( saloon?). I think same chassis and funky swing arm rear suspension. I didnt mind lubing on a lifty but not my favourite thing at home on the tarmac.

Upper balljoint, lower "trunion" in the front. Yep, same suspension.

I'd love to have an old Herald out in the driveway instead of the Yaris. Would be the perfect compliment to my Spitfire. But, they're hard to find. In fact, I don't think I've ever actually SEEN one.

[auxmike]

Originally Posted by TheSilkySmooth

I dont recall - does that have kingpins on the front end or ball joints? The first car I learned to drive on was a 1959 Triumph Herald 2 dr ( saloon?). I think same chassis and funky swing arm rear suspension. I didnt mind lubing on a lifty but not my favourite thing at home on the tarmac.

Nice car Silky!
I LOVE that color. My buddy at work has his Yaris in that same color.

[TLyttle]

Maybe you ain't old enough Loren. We had Heralds all over the place, big, busy dealerships in Victoria BC; we had LOTS of oddball cars over there, Astons, Berkeleys, Lloyds, and the necessary strange people to buy them. Personally, I drove Morris Minors for 30 years, and had more than one trunnion pull out (victim of North American maintenance procedures) with predictable results...

Many of the Heralds in the UK became donor vehicles for various kits over there. Most UK cars suffer from the old corrosion bugaboo; even my Volvo is disappearing as we speak.

[Loren]

Yeah, no doubt I'm a little too "young". (feels good to say that sometimes) I wouldn't even know about the Spitfire if my Mom didn't happen into one when I was in high school. She was driving a '76 Dodge pickup with a 318 in it and couldn't afford the gas. So, she put an ad in the paper "will trade for small car with good gas mileage" and some dude showed up with a '73 Spit. Thus began my sports car addiction. I was probably a prime candidate for a muscle-car guy were it not for that.

Now, TR7's I remember. "The shape of things to come" and all that...

[TLyttle]

TR7? IIRC, it was following the new "wedge" fad of the day, a big comedown from the TR4-TR6 in my eyes. The ultimate wedgie...

And I got into light cars for the same reason, gas costs. I had a lovely little '53 Mercury pickup: fun to drive (short wheelbase), worked it hard, big fuel bills (for the time!). Traded it on a Minor, and simply ignored the price of gasoline. That led to auto sports, and learned more about automobiles than I ever could have in the Soup-bowl Racing League...