Grease Fittings

[dlfrisch]

I poked a needle into my stock Ford grease fittings ( to make sure they weren’t plugged), but when greasing, I don’t know if grease is entering, it just squirts out around the fitting.
I would like to change the stock grease fittings and install Zerk type. How do you remove the factory fittings an install the new Zerk type ? It seems as though they are just pressed in. Can anyone help?
Dave

 

[shew01]

You can bump the unthreaded fittings out with a hammer and small chisel or screwdriver. The vendors sell replacement fitting sets like this.

https://www.brattons.com/28-29-original-grease-fitting-set.html

However, it can be hard to drive the friction fit fittings back into the suspension. The threaded fittings work fine.


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[CarlG]

Getting the old ones out is pretty much like pulling teeth. Grab them with a pair of vice grips and rock them back & forth while pulling.

 

[shew01]

Getting the old ones out is pretty much like pulling teeth. Grab them with a pair of vice grips and rock them back & forth while pulling.

That’s a good analogy.


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[Gene F]

It could be that the sleve / bushing in there is rotated around blocking the passage. I think I have one that is doing that. Sometimes I can get grease into it, sometimes not.