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Sorry for another post, but I have not been able to grease a few zerks because i cannot fit the fitting between the nuckels U-joint on the front of the drive shaft and the zerk on the front wheels drive.

 

I need one that is narrow or small as possible. I have not found one that fits in the auto shops around here. I use an adj tiped one for odd angles, but it is way too big.

 

Any suggestions??

 

Steve

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I have never seen a grease gun tip that is narrower than the usual ones. There may be one out there but I wouldn't know where to tell you to look. Your best bet is to remove the driveshaft and then you can get at the U-joints better. Its real simple, just remove the bolts holding the driveshaft to the rearend and it just pulls out of the back of the tranny(or transfer case).

 

Hope this helps.

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I have never seen a grease gun tip that is narrower than the usual ones. There may be one out there but I wouldn't know where to tell you to look. Your best bet is to remove the driveshaft and then you can get at the U-joints better. Its real simple, just remove the bolts holding the driveshaft to the rearend and it just pulls out of the back of the tranny(or transfer case).

 

Hope this helps.

 

+1

 

yeah i dont think your going to find one. Your most likely going to have to pull the drive shaft out.

smiledr996s Enthusiast

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Thanks for the input. I think I will try taking the tip to a grinder. If that does not work I will pull the drive shaft. The FWD shaft would have to come out as well. Is that as easy as well?

 

Thanks

Steve

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smiledr996s

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To preface,I am not very mechanically knowledgable. But I am willing to try. I removed the 4 bolts on the front drive shaft, but that is a far as I got. I started to gind a bit of the metal to make some room for a grease fitting, and needed some more burs. At the Auto shop, which carries alot of good products, I noticed one of the pointed gease tips like the link above shows. I was skeptical, but fiqured I would give it a try. It worked great.

 

Hope this helps someone in the future.

 

Thanks for the help

Steve

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Sorry for another post, but I have not been able to grease a few zerks because i cannot fit the fitting between the nuckels U-joint on the front of the drive shaft and the zerk on the front wheels drive.

 

I need one that is narrow or small as possible. I have not found one that fits in the auto shops around here. I use an adj tiped one for odd angles, but it is way too big.

 

Any suggestions??

 

Steve

Just get a needle tip for your grease gun. I had a truck once that had installed the u-joints backwards so that a regular tip did not fit. Used the needle tip to grease it until finally the u-joints needed to be replaced. Had a grease gun especially for the job and it worked well.

minibike132 Senior Enthusiast

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I started to gind a bit of the metal to make some room for a grease fitting, and needed some more burs.

 

 

Can you post a picture of what you did here?

smiledr996s Enthusiast

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I started to gind a bit of the metal to make some room for a grease fitting, and needed some more burs.

 

 

Can you post a picture of what you did here?

 

 

 

I started to grind w/ a small cuttoff wheel and some carbide burs. I did not take off much before I went to get some smaller burs. That is when I saw the grease gun tip, so that is where my grinding stopped. I did not remove much at all. I wish I had gone to this auto shop first, but it was closed and I bought a needle tip from Auto Zone. This tip is heavy duty ,not sharp. It fits into the fitting and seals up w/ firm pressure. I tried w/ the small A/Z tip, but it just came out. Tip was about $17.

 

Steve

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