Gearse Zerks

[Domino]

Went to grease the newly acquired fordor to learn that it had 3 different type of grease zerks on it none of which would match my grease gun. I beleive that these may be replaceable with modern types ones. One for sure appears to be pressed in, its L shaped. Others appears to be screwd in. Any suggestions on the easiest way to replace them or should I purchase another grease gun that would fit - if available. Any or all suggestions would be appreciated as I need to have this done by Thursday. Are replacements available form autozone , NAPA, or the like. The old ones appear to be stopped up with old grease. TIA

 

[Ron in Quincy]

If your A is a driver and not for show, the best solution is to use modern grease fittings. There are numerous modern grease guns at various prices available from Napa, and the like.
The original A zerks are not the easiest to use and hard to control the amount of grease; you often end up with more on the outside than inside.

Just my opinion,

Ron

 

[John LaVoy]

In the Fall 2005 issue of the Model A Times we show a tip that works very well on the original style grease zerks. It is available from the Model A parts houses.

 

[Paul from Maine]

Went to grease the newly acquired fordor to learn that it had 3 different type of grease zerks on it none of which would match my grease gun. I beleive that these may be replaceable with modern types ones. One for sure appears to be pressed in, its L shaped. Others appears to be screwd in. Any suggestions on the easiest way to replace them or should I purchase another grease gun that would fit - if available. Any or all suggestions would be appreciated as I need to have this done by Thursday. Are replacements available form autozone , NAPA, or the like. The old ones appear to be stopped up with old grease. TIA

I had the same problem. Tam's sells a kit of all new modern grease fittings for the Model A. It even has plenty of the press in type. It was simple to replace the threaded ones. The press in ones were a little trickierer, but not that difficult to replace. I just placed a small socket over them and hammered them in. I think when I did the front the end, I may have pressed one in with my vice, but the others just hammered in. Good luck!

 

[Fred K-OR]

Above all good advise. When I rebuilt my 29, I put in all new type fittings. It is a driver so I wanted something that was easer to use. The other day I greased the whole car for it's first grease job. Sure glad I put in modern fittings because this old guy had a hard enough time getting under the rig without having to fight the fittings.

As mentioned above, I have noticed in some of the vendors catalogs a conversion tip that you can put on a modern grease gun and the other end of it will fit on the old type fitting. This may get you by for now or maybe you will leave it that way. It is easy to tell the new vs the old fittings so this tip thing may work for you.

 

[Tom Wesenberg]

I find the original Model A fittings and tool kit grease gun work great. You can get a bit grease when you have to hand pack the gun, but that's just part of the job. Actually if you save old Subway sandwich bags or bread bags, you can just put your hand inside them and not get a bit of grease on yourself while reloading the gun. I often use plastic bags when I repack wheel bearings, so I stay cleaner.