Is this a grease fitting?

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Rich

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I found these hiding on top of my lower ball joints. They appear to be grease fittings, but my grease gun couldn't latch on. I'm thinking they just need a different fitting. Any suggestions?

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Rich

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It looks like it has a hole right in the middle. I'll pick up a needle fitting for my grease gun and give it a try. Thanks, it's my first Jeep and my first grease gun!


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Ddays

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Rich said:
It looks like it has a hole right in the middle. I'll pick up a needle fitting for my grease gun and give it a try. Thanks, it's my first Jeep and my first grease gun!


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Sorry if I'm being Mr. Obvious but make sure you wipe that fitting out good or you'll be pushing dirt right into your BJ....
 
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MacRubi2

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Ddays said:
Ive only seen one size. The one in the photo looks the same as mine are
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Umm.... the one I have looks smaller than the one in the pic. Mine really is basically a hypodermic needle size.... maybe it is the reason I have a hard time getting grease pumped in my ProSteer's
 
Ddays

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MacRubi2 said:
Umm.... the one I have looks smaller than the one in the pic. Mine really is basically a hypodermic needle size.... maybe it is the reason I have a hard time getting grease pumped in my ProSteer's
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:thinking: I went to Autozone & grabbed the only needle fitting they had on the shelf and it worked on my prosteers.
 
jesse3638

jesse3638

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I used to have one of these zerks on the center ball of my rear drive shaft. You usually have to push the grease gun really hard and squeeze the trigger slowly. Otherwise it doesn't go into the zerk.

Had to really watch how I worded that otherwise the 12 year old minds would have come out...haha.

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jesse3638 said:
I used to have one of these zerks on the center ball of my rear drive shaft. You usually have to push the grease gun really hard and squeeze the trigger slowly. Otherwise it doesn't go into the zerk.

Had to really watch how I worded that otherwise the 12 year old minds would have come out...haha.

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Yeah I tried everything from jacking the wheel up while turning the steering wheel just can't seem to get any grease pumped into my passenger side lower BJ.

I can asume that they don't take much greas but all it does is come out of the zirk.

I can see a little grease coming out of the bottom of the drivers side but not the one I have trouble with.
 
maxspongebob

maxspongebob

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Yes, that is a grease fitting. It looks like those are Synergy ball joints. The synergy joints come with 2 different types of fittings. The one that was installed and a standard Zerk type fitting.
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If I were you I would remove those and replace them with a standard fitting. It will make it easier to put grease in and there will not be any interference. You can pick up 2 new fittings from any hardware store. They are 1/8" NPT fittings. Just like the picture above.

This is not the right fitting. Unfortunately i couldn't delete the image.
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Rich

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maxspongebob said:
Yes, that is a grease fitting. It looks like those are Synergy ball joints. The synergy joints come with 2 different types of fittings. The one that was installed and a standard Zerk type fitting.
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If I were you I would remove those and replace them with a standard fitting. It will make it easier to put grease in and there will not be any interference. You can pick up 2 new fittings from any hardware store. They are 1/8" NPT fittings. Just like the picture above.

This is not the right fitting. Unfortunately i couldn't delete the image.
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Thank you for the information!


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