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- Westminster, SoCal
I'm trying to find one that will allow me to grease my OX joints in the D30 shafts down the road without having to take them out of hte jeep. ANyone seen such a thing?
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Anyone seen a curved needle for a grease gun?
- Thread starter Kejtar
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5-90
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- Hammerspace
Curved? No. But, I've seen (and bought) a couple "needle" type adapters - one is just like a large hypodermic, which is used for greasing booted splines and such, and one that is like a fat needle (about 1/4") with a "cupped" end that will sit overtop a zerk in a recessed area. This works nicely for hitting the joints at the front wheels, and will also work for the "cupped" zerks often found on the double Cardan on the front driveshaft.
I think I paid about $5 each.
5-90
I think I paid about $5 each.
5-90
- Location
- Westminster, SoCal
5-90 said:
Well this won't work for me because the positionng of the zerks: they are in the main part of the joint body in the middle of the + (hard to describe). Anyways to grease the joints with the axle out I had to bend the stub on the joint to reach the zerk, now with the shaft in the jeep there are other components in the way and do not allow for straight access (mainly hub) but if I had a curved needle I could get to it.
Timmay
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- Marlton, NJ
Why don't you try adding a slight curve to the straight needle. Shouldn't be too hard, just don't crimp the tube.
- Location
- Westminster, SoCal
I tried... I ended up with 2 piecesTimmay said:
bj-666
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- Rhode Island
heat is your friend get that puppy hot and bend. you could prob use your stove if you don't have a better way. just clean the grease out so you don't make an unwanted mess
- Location
- Westminster, SoCal
Hmm gonna have to try it again.bj-666 said:
I don't have to worry about cleaning the grease cause I gotta buy a new one anyways
- Location
- Wasatch Range
Got one in my garage that I "radiused" to make lubing the front shaft DC joints easier, they can be bent ......http://www.powerbuilttools.com/PowerbuiltWeb/PbCatalog?twotier=LUBRICATION
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- Location
- Westminster, SoCal
Did you use a torch or something like that to make the bending process easier?XJEEPER said:
bajacalal
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- San Diego (North County), California
Don't just grab each end and bend. Use a pipe or something to bend it over, maybe tap it gently.
- Location
- Westminster, SoCal
I did that: I had a piece of 1/2" pipe that was going to give me close to the curve i wanted: I barely put any leverage on it and it snapped. I think that now I'm going to be doing that witha torch in hand and see what happens. Also I might look for a differnt brand needle, cause maybe this one was just too brittle.bajacalal said:
NHextremeXJ
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- Keene, NH
What if you got a 4" needle fitting to start, feed some wire down into it before bending to hold the inner diameter shape, and use a little heat. :dunno: I've never tried it, but seems like it would work.
Roll-over
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- San Antonio, TX
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You're dealing with a brittle temper. just stick a wire in it, heat it orange and bend it over a radius.
You're dealing with a brittle temper. just stick a wire in it, heat it orange and bend it over a radius.
Urban Redneck
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- Arlington Heights, IL
A bottle propane torch and a tubing bender for plumbing. The Home Depot has both for $40 total, IIRC.
HTH
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- Westminster, SoCal
I already have the torch, and I also have a brake line bender... I wonder if that would work...Urban Redneck said:
