On Fri, 2 Sep 2011 22:49:43 -0700 (PDT)
wrote:

I've just been replacing a lot of parts on the latest buggy, the new
front driveshaft U-joints have flush-type grease fittings on the
bearing cups. I've never encountered these before, they're small
countersunk cups with a check ball, nothing like a regular zerk. Not
flat like an Alemite fitting, either. Nobody seems to have the mating
nozzle for a grease gun, counter monkey at the parts place just gave a
shrug. Anybody know what's supposed to be used with these things and
where to get it? I can always use them like grease plugs, just
unscrew them and put in a regular zerk come time to regrease, but if I
could get the proper nozzle at a reasonable price, I'd go for it.
Google didn't turn up much besides the fittings and the data pages on
them just said to get a flush nozzle for the grease gun. Big help.

Stan

You don't need anything very special for that. Just a needle adapter
will do the trick. Like this one:

http://www.tractorsupply.com/webapp/...oductId=172655

Most any hardware store, borg... will carry these. It just snaps on to
your existing grease gun with the usual zerk fitting. The one I have is
Lubrimatic.

Snap the adapter on the end of your grease gun and then push the
needle end into the recessed fitting area. Push hard against the
fitting and grease away. Works a whole lot better than one would think
for just pushing it against the recessed fitting.

I've got those recessed fittings on my 4x4's front knuckles and in the
CV joint for the front drive shaft. There just isn't room enough for a
standard zerk fitting in there...

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Leon Fisk
Grand Rapids MI/Zone 5b
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