When I got my 76 Mav I noticed that someone had cut holes on either side of each shock tower. It's obvious that the holes where cut to gain access to the grease fittings. My question is why? Are these fittings something that was added on, or did the factory not leave enough room to get a grease gun in there? Whatever the reason, I wish whoever cut the holes would have taken there time instead of just burning these big jagged holes with there cutting torch.
Is there another set of holes above the holes for your upper control bolts if so someone did a shelby drop and thats one way to get access to the zerks after doing the drop. Don
yes i had the same problem with my control arms, the factory control arms are impossible to grease because of the limited clearance. The mustang had the same problem, so alot of people ended up cutting access holes. with mine i replaces the control arm and put 90 degree grease fittings in so they can be reached without cutting a hole.
Don't know about later Mavs but my 70 came without grease fittings. Same issue here, a "friend" helped me out by cutting huge access holes using a chisel and hammer. Guy that was watching said "I have a hole saw right here that you could've used". Too late. That was 37 years ago. I'm now in the process of closing the holes up by welding in washers to make it look better.
