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Robbi
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Great oil "filler"! 
Robbi
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Chris
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| Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2008 11:09 am Post subject: |
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Tim...the nozzle on your grease gun appears to be tightened all the way down. Grab the knurling on the tip and loosen it from the gun. The tip is built like a chuck on a drill motor...and if loosened will go on and off the zerks with much less effort. If you are on a zerk that is difficult to get off...turn the knurled tip to loosen and the gun will come right off...maybe won't break the zerk next time!
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timflan
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| Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2008 12:10 pm Post subject: |
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| Chris wrote: | | Tim...the nozzle on your grease gun appears to be tightened all the way down. Grab the knurling on the tip and loosen it from the gun. The tip is built like a chuck on a drill motor...and if loosened will go on and off the zerks with much less effort. If you are on a zerk that is difficult to get off...turn the knurled tip to loosen and the gun will come right off...maybe won't break the zerk next time! |
Yes, it is tightened all the way down. And it won't budge! I tried to loosen it before I broke the zerk, but being new to this, I wasn't positive it was supposed to loosen, and I couldn't get it to loosen anyway.
The new coupler fitting I bought yesterday afternoon tightens and loosens, just like a chuck. So I decided to try again to loosen the one with the zerk stuck in it. No luck. I've really mangled the cylindrical outside with a pair of pliers, while using a wrench on the hex-shaped part, and I can't get it to move at all.
So as near as I can make out, the coupler that came with my grease gun was faulty. I'm surprised I got it to go on at all, but it seemed to click into place with what I felt was an appropriate amount of pressure.
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timflan
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starcrafttom
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| Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2008 2:46 pm Post subject: |
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My god tim, you did not brake off the zerk , you pulled it apart. I have never seen this before. You should be able, or someone should be able, to grab the stud and turn it and back the zerk out with out braking it off. Did pat anderson help you with this? Oh no he was on the water and has a alibi, good lawyer.
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Pat Anderson
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| Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2008 2:51 pm Post subject: |
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Tim, welcome to my life - wait until you have to get a lug nut off! Seriously, this is why I will continue to have West Coast Marine change my oil, grease my fittings, and check everything out. I read the post down farther about loosening the tip on a grease gun. I am sure every man, woman and child in Alaska knew that, but nobody ever told me that. And when I posted that I had Mann's Trailer and Hitch do my brakes and bearings, somebody rather condescendingly said "Why don't you do it yourself, it is not that difficult." BS. Breaking a zerk off is one thing, screwing up your brakes and bearings is quite another...
| timflan wrote: | Successfully greased one zerk fitting. The gun would NOT disengage from it. I pulled at it, yanked at it, moved it around a little and yanked some more. I tried prying gently, but just was not comfortable that that much force should be necessary. So I moved the grease gun from side to side, a little bit at a time, to see if I could get it off by pulling at an angle. Just a little at a time, you know, very gently. After a few tries, it felt like it was coming loose.
It came loose, alright! I've broken off the tip of the zerk fitting, which I still cannot remove from the grease gun, by the way. So I wonder how you remove the REST of the zerk fitting from the engine component, with nothing to grab onto. There's just a tiny little spring sticking out of it. Any wisdom? Hopefully I don't have to spend every penny I save changing my own oil fixing this. |
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matt_unique
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| Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2008 3:12 pm Post subject: Zerk |
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| Pat Anderson wrote: | | ....I am sure every man, woman and child in Alaska knew that, but nobody ever told me that. ... |
I will admit I never knew that either! When I greased my engine my gun went over the zerk fittings no problem but I too struggled to get them off. Who knew the end was adjustable....I will check that out the next time I go into the shed.
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dotnmarty
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| Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2008 3:19 pm Post subject: |
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[quote="Pat Anderson"]Tim, welcome to my life - wait until you have to get a lug nut off! Seriously, this is why I will continue to have West Coast Marine change my oil, grease my fittings, and check everything out. I read the post down farther about loosening the tip on a grease gun. I am sure every man, woman and child in Alaska knew that, but nobody ever told me that. And when I posted that I had Mann's Trailer and Hitch do my brakes and bearings, somebody rather condescendingly said "Why don't you do it yourself, it is not that difficult." BS. Breaking a zerk off is one thing, screwing up your brakes and bearings is quite another...
I am having this post embroidered, suitable for hanging.
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Dreamer
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| Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2008 5:20 pm Post subject: |
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Marty, That's funny!
Only a professional journalist like our buddy, Tim, could stretch an oil change into 3 pages of posts.
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breausaw
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| Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2008 6:53 pm Post subject: |
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I’ve got to admit this has been one of the funniest light hearted threads I’ve read here in a while.
Was an oilier before becoming a Journeyman heavy equipment operator, busted off a few zerks in my day; would carry an easy-out with wrench in one pocket and zerks in another.
Not the end of world, just a temporary annoyance.
As for Pat’s comment about Alaska he forgot to mention we use whale blubber for grease, it flows easier at -40.
Have to go; my igloo is melting-dang global warming!
  
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| Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2008 10:23 pm Post subject: Thanks |
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Tim,
You give us all hope, and have proved once again the value of this sight, and the kindness and helpfulness of of the C-Brat family. Thanks to everyone for helping Tim and the rest of us that will be looking this up when it is our turn.
Harvey
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timflan
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| Posted: Sat Nov 29, 2008 11:11 pm Post subject: |
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Well, I got the broken Zerk fitting out. Pretty easy, actually. I've written it up at Navagear, but here are the pictures:
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Chester
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| starcrafttom wrote: | | My god tim, you did not brake off the zerk , you pulled it apart. I have never seen this before... |
Same thing just happened on our '05 Honda 40. It broke apart easily while pulling the gun off. I've worked around heavy equipment and have never seen this either.
I wonder how many defective zerks there are out there? |
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