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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?
5-90 said: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 tried... I ended up with 2 piecesTimmay said:Why don't you try adding a slight curve to the straight needle. Shouldn't be too hard, just don't crimp the tube.
Hmm gonna have to try it again.bj-666 said:heat is your friend get that puppy hot and bend
I don't have to worry about cleaning the grease cause I gotta buy a new one anywaysjust clean the grease out so you don't make an unwanted mess
Did you use a torch or something like that to make the bending process easier?XJEEPER said: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
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:Don't just grab each end and bend. Use a pipe or something to bend it over, maybe tap it gently.
I already have the torch, and I also have a brake line bender... I wonder if that would work...Urban Redneck said:A bottle propane torch and a tubing bender for plumbing. The Home Depot has both for $40 total, IIRC.
HTH