Door Hinge Grease Zerks

[Roy Smalley]

FYI there are several different hinge configurations with clearance for grease zerks for the early cars. And there are at least two different zerk configurations.

[Dan Kalinski]

Door hinges/Zerks on my 63 Cab:

[Peter Bartelli]

All this talk about fittings and nipples I decided to check my '63 for their installation. Yup, center hole, hinge cutout....but golly, waaay too much paint on them to actually work as intended.
Here's a closeup pic of a cleaned, original "nipple".
Dimensions: Overall length...12.7mm. ATF...8mm. Thread length...4mm. Quite a bit different from the currently available zerk.

[Mervyn Hyde]

Earlier thread had some info viewtopic.php?f=13&t=42408&start=0

Never heard the word "zerks" before, however. US parlance I guess.

[Cliff Hanson]

I just now saw your comment, Ron, 3 years later!

[Cliff Hanson]

But how do you change the title of the post?

[Ron LaDow]

But how do you change the title of the post?

Cliff, I figured if you started the thread, you could edit the subject line, and just found out you can't.
It might be worth contacting Greg, but other than that, I haven't a clue.

[Fred Otjen]

You're right to be concerned about lubricating those door hinges. I finally got tired of the lower door hinge on my '57 A being lose and sloppy. After a lot of penetrant and many tries at getting the pin out, I took the door off and resorted to the hot wrench, drift and a big hammer. The 3 pieces finally broke free and were tapped out. They were so rusted that they broke in 2 places. These have the tiny zercs that the grease gun won't fit on, maybe that's why they rusted. My '65 has no zercs, just the oil holes.
Tried to ad a pic but this iPad won't do it, sorry.

[John Standish]

My '55 Continental Coupe, #53733, I think, had Zerks on the door hinges exactly like the grease fittings on 1950s USA kingpins and steering linkage. It was a cute touch. I also enjoyed the mini-wood-pallet floor board on the driver's side for passage of the accel and clutch cables.
No pix, that was forty years ago.

[Wyatt Blankingship]

I have owned my 356C since new. It does not have Zerk fittings at the door hinges. The hinges have a hole. Give it a shot or two of oil and all will be fine.

[Jim Breazeale]

Did any of the 356C's come with grease zerks in the door hinges? What is the tapped hole size? My hinges have a small hole that may have been for lube (oil possibly). The zerks I bought from NLA appear to be 6mm. Maybe 6x1.00 thread?

Is this a worthwhile mod?

Cliff

Barring a few inevitable exceptions, 356Cs did not come with Zerk fittings or the ability to retrofit them.

Regards

Jim