New and improved zerks, go figure.
Jack, a quick trip to your local Auto Zone, Advance auto, Napa should turn
up
a pack of various size and threaded zerks for cheap. Surely one or two
will fit your threads.
What a pain in the dry joint!
Mark
----- Original Message -----
From: "Brashear, Jack, N" <JNBrashear@garverengineers.com>
To: <healeys@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, March 17, 2008 9:59 AM
Subject: [Healeys] Grease Zerk Confusion - Or, what a gooey mess!!
> Hi All, I just started to install all new front suspension parts (from
> one of the usual big suppliers) on a friend's BN6. The new king pins
> and the lower trunnion big cup nuts came with new zerks installed. My
> Plews brand grease gun connector will not work on any of these zerks -
> it's too loose and the goo squirts out around the connection, even if I
> shove it on as hard as I can. My gun works just fine on the original
> zerks on the rest of the car. Soooo, I tried to replace the "new" zerks
> with the original AH zerks. Well, the threads are different. What do I
> have here?? Are the new zerks metric or something?? I thought all
> zerks were created equal once, but maybe that's been changed by
> outsourcing. How about the connector on my grease gun - are there
> different styles/sizes nowadays?? Someone out there please help me out.
> Sheesh.....
>
> As always, many thanks,
>
> Jack "Dry Joints" Brashear
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