Full Traction grease fittings

53guy

NAXJA Forum User

Location

EnTransit

• May 28, 2006

• #1

Anyone know of an easy way to relocate grease fittings? I kinda relocated mine yesterday and need a more permanent solution. This pict is from Conway in VA. Had to use my lower driver arm as a skid (Full Traction kit) and this is what happens.

 

Capt. Nemo

NAXJA Member #904

Location

Southwest, US

• May 28, 2006

• #2

Install the arm with the fitting on top.

Must be a newer thing. My old arms didn't have that fitting, it only had the one that you see on the bolt head.

I tore the one off on the bolt head, and unfortunatley they are pressed in, not threaded.

 

53guy

NAXJA Forum User

Location

EnTransit

• May 28, 2006

• #3

I thought about flipping it, but I don't think I can reach the fitting if I did. You know how the mount is for the lower control arm, there's a plate above it there. You think I could re-drill a hole in the back of the arm and put a plug in the bottom one?

 

Capt. Nemo

NAXJA Member #904

Location

Southwest, US

• May 28, 2006

• #4

What about a 90 degree fitting? You could also just get a fitting that uses the needle tip for your grease gun - the same ones used on the top of u-joint caps and keep the hole in the same location.

 

53guy

NAXJA Forum User

Location

EnTransit

• May 28, 2006

• #5

Thats a good idea. Think that the needle fittings would be able to mount flush?

 

Wayne Sihler

NAXJA Member

NAXJA Member

Location

Maurertown,Va.

• May 29, 2006

• #6

They make a flush mount fitting.I got mine from MSC,a large industrial outfitter,had to buy a dozen for about $15.oo.IIRC the fitting was larger than the standard 1/4-20 so i had to drill and tap.I put a skid on the lower mount and drilled a hole to access the fitting with a needle
Wayne

 

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pitboss

NAXJA Forum User

Location

North Carolina

• May 29, 2006

• #7

I had the same concerns and saw the problems (most of them anywaz) during installation......a box of zerks and some thought as to putting grease in after a couple hundred noisy miles yeilded the 90s' on the lower arms installed on top were easy to pump up the upper 90s' had to be replaced with straight fittings to be able to pump up and a real quiet ride!

 

53guy

NAXJA Forum User

Location

EnTransit

• May 29, 2006

• #8

soooo....you lost me. you used 90 degree fittings on top of the lower arms and then took them off and replaced them with straight?

 

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pitboss

NAXJA Forum User

Location

North Carolina

• May 29, 2006

• #9

sorry for the confusion....i installed 90s' , zerk up, on the upper arms , they are easy to reach and straight fittings on the lower when I found I couldnt reach the 90s' I had put in. Now those too are easy to reach.

Mike.

 

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bigwhitey

NAXJA Forum User

Location

Brunswick, ME.

• May 30, 2006

• #10

I bought the greasable bolts from currie for 8 bucks a piece.

 

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RCP Phx

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Location

Phoenix,Az

• May 30, 2006

• #11

bigwhitey said:

I bought the greasable bolts from currie for 8 bucks a piece.

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What good does that do?

 

53guy

NAXJA Forum User

Location

EnTransit

• May 30, 2006

• #12

I pulled the grease fitting that was broken off out with a philips head screw driver, beat it in with a hammer and just unscrewed it. I then put an allen head set screw in it until I can find a needle grease fitting. No place around here has any and i think that a set screw is probably the next best thing. I had a hell of a time putting the control arms in when I installed them, so I am not looking forward to pulling it out and flipping it, so I think I'm just gonna go with the set screw for now. Its a flush set screw so I hope it works, what do you all think?