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so glad i ended up on this video first. I like that I could use the tools I have at home to change the fittings instead of getting a special tool. I hate that everything is common sense, but you don't realize it till after seeing it done by someone else, like using those common tools to swap those fittings out. you made it look like a piece of cake. lol Thanks for the tutorial! Liked
Followed your advice and was able to easily get the push type. Grease fitting out with a claw hammer. Finding replacement is a little more difficult, but I found some.
You can also try to heat the fitting. Sometimes old grease gets hard and by heating it, it helps to move things in there. It has worked for me in the past.
I hope someone didn't ask this in the previous 50 comments (no way to search when there are so many comments?) I removed a drive in (press in) grease fitting. Concerned that the hole is now larger than the original from pulling it out. Should I replace with another press-in or drive-in fitting? Seems to me that they would make self-threading fittings that would cut into the existing press in hole for a better install. I could only find 1/4-28 thread cutting zerk (grease) fittings. These are too small and don't bite into the hole for a press in. Have you ever heard of 5/16 "thread cutting" fittings? I can't seem to find any. Please let me know if I should just use 5/16 drive in fitting to replace. Thank you!
I have not heard of any issues from filings but that is an interesting question. I wouldn't advise going to a larger size. I think you could potentially cause some damage by doing this.
Thanks for the tutorial, but one piece missing for the odd nut like me. My 37 YO JD316 38" mower deck hub zerk failed and lets grease back out the nipple. It is press in and I pulled it out. Hole Dia. .188". I can drill and tap for small threaded zerk but can't find out what thread pitch for correct tap. Some said 1/4-20 but I think 1/4-28. Any help for us dummies who want to install a threaded zerk in place of push in ???
@@247parts Thanks for the reply. Problem solved. I used a 1/4-28 nut first to see if the zerk would fit and it did. So drilled and tapped and screwed in new zerk. I could have gone with a new push in, but already had the threaded ones on hand.
This could be tricky but it may require you to drill it out. You will need to be very careful however you go about removing it to make sure you don't damage the hole it fits into.
I am 61 years old and have been around cars and equipment my entire life. I never knew that a press in zerk existed until today when I was working on a lawnmower axle bearing. The zerk also did not have a ball check valve in it. WTH? Sure enough, they are designed that way to allow for pressure relief. To me, they seem like a sorry cheap excuse of a zerk.
