Zerk fitting too long........

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Believe & Receive

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Location

Portland, OR

• May 30, 2010

• #1

I got myself some Quick Discos today but the Zerk Fittings were gone in 3 parts (and a bushing) I bought some new 90 degree ones but they are about 1/16 too long (will dig into the bushings). Any ideas on how to cut them down? Anybody ever do anything like this before?

 

mojojojo

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Location

Gresham, Oregon

• May 30, 2010

• #2

put em in... grease em up, take em out ? works on my drive line... mostly cause i keep snapping them off on he rocks, lol. except mine i have to use an extraction tool to get em back out again, ha ha

 

WaXJ_Skier

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Location

Bellevue, Wa

• May 30, 2010

• #3

What Rod said, see if you can get some needle grease fittings they make good caps. my u-joints use them, I grease wit the regular Zerk then but the needle fitting back in for running.

 

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Believe & Receive

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Location

Portland, OR

• May 30, 2010

• #4

Guess i never thought of that. Good lookin mojojojo oh and i completely agree with Cherotron's statement. On yours can you drill em out and put some bigger screw ones in? Prob not too important though, would just make it easier i would think.

 

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Portland, OR

• May 30, 2010

• #5

Thanks Wax

 

BoringDave

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Location

Boring

• May 30, 2010

• #6

They make little plugs also. I read long ago in JP or SUV magazine to use a grease fitting to grease the joint or item then use one of the small plugs. They explained that 1 more clearance 2 grease zerts tend to leak water into them from the spring loaded ball.

Dave

 

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blubullett

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Location

Modesto CA

• Jan 19, 2012

• #7

You need to get the zerks that you have to use the needle adapter to fill. The thread size for the fittings is 1/4-28. I got mine here...http://www.speedwaymotors.com/Low-Profile-Grease-Zerks,43142.html

 

BoringDave

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Location

Boring

• Jan 19, 2012

• #8

Hey you know this is a two year old thread? But thanks that's some good info, I needed some of them a few weeks back.

Dave