greasing zerks
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greasing zerks
Hi, I have not crawled underneath to look yet, but I’m sure there are zerks that need to be greased.
Has anyone here done this and how many zerks are there also what grease did you use? Thanks.
Has anyone here done this and how many zerks are there also what grease did you use? Thanks.
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I had to google what "zerks" were lol.
Stolen from Wikipedia for anyone else that's curious.
"A grease fitting, grease nipple or Zerk fitting is a lubrication fitting used in mechanical systems to add grease with a grease gun. The fitting is permanently installed by a threaded connection leaving a nipple connection the grease gun attaches to. By using the pressure in the grease gun, grease is added to the system through the grease fitting. Generally a spring-loaded steel ball is fitted to the internal side of the nipple inlet passageway to exclude dirt intrusion and function as a check valve to prevent grease escaping back out of the nipple."
Stolen from Wikipedia for anyone else that's curious.
"A grease fitting, grease nipple or Zerk fitting is a lubrication fitting used in mechanical systems to add grease with a grease gun. The fitting is permanently installed by a threaded connection leaving a nipple connection the grease gun attaches to. By using the pressure in the grease gun, grease is added to the system through the grease fitting. Generally a spring-loaded steel ball is fitted to the internal side of the nipple inlet passageway to exclude dirt intrusion and function as a check valve to prevent grease escaping back out of the nipple."
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I had to google what "zerks" were lol.
Stolen from Wikipedia for anyone else that's curious.
"A grease fitting, grease nipple or Zerk fitting is a lubrication fitting used in mechanical systems to add grease with a grease gun. The fitting is permanently installed by a threaded connection leaving a nipple connection the grease gun attaches to. By using the pressure in the grease gun, grease is added to the system through the grease fitting. Generally a spring-loaded steel ball is fitted to the internal side of the nipple inlet passageway to exclude dirt intrusion and function as a check valve to prevent grease escaping back out of the nipple."
Stolen from Wikipedia for anyone else that's curious.
"A grease fitting, grease nipple or Zerk fitting is a lubrication fitting used in mechanical systems to add grease with a grease gun. The fitting is permanently installed by a threaded connection leaving a nipple connection the grease gun attaches to. By using the pressure in the grease gun, grease is added to the system through the grease fitting. Generally a spring-loaded steel ball is fitted to the internal side of the nipple inlet passageway to exclude dirt intrusion and function as a check valve to prevent grease escaping back out of the nipple."
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Makes me feel old when people say that have to look up what a grease zerk is. On another note some after market manufacturers do still install grease zerks. It's by far not the norm these days though. The bad part about grease able parts was people ( including mechanics) would over fill them. Once the boot seal was broken dirt and water entered quickly ruining the joint. For some reason people tended to think you should fill until grease came out.
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Makes me feel old when people say that have to look up what a grease zerk is. On another note some after market manufacturers do still install grease zerks. It's by far not the norm these days though. The bad part about grease able parts was people ( including mechanics) would over fill them. Once the boot seal was broken dirt and water entered quickly ruining the joint. For some reason people tended to think you should fill until grease came out.
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