hard to reach grease fitting

[DuckSlayer1017]

Replace the zerk with a small barb fitting or compression fitting. Run hose or tubing to an easier to reach place and add a zerk to the end. That’s basically how we do it on our automation equipment. Offen we run multiple grease points into a manifold so the operator s only need to grease one point on the machine.

 

[Seven Gables]

Can't say for sure without seeing your pto guard but quite a few of those plastic pto guards you can release a lock then give a twist/turn on the guard and it will pull back completely exposing the u joint or cv joint. B

 

[Oaktree]

Who designs this stuff? it's like the automakers that make it so you need to disassemble half the vehicle to change a bulb.

 

[EddieWalker]

On my finish mower, the zerk fittings are burried under the protective metal plates, so Land Pride attached rubber hoses to where the zerk would fit that are about a foot long, then the zerk fitting is attached to the end of the hose. One broke on me and it turns out that the flexible hose that comes with a grease gun is the exact same threads, so I replaced it with that. Instead of trying to get the grease gun to your zerk, why not extend the zerk fitting out farther with either a flexible hose or a solid tube?

 

[Oldpath05]

Replace the zerk with a small barb fitting or compression fitting. Run hose or tubing to an easier to reach place and add a zerk to the end. That’s basically how we do it on our automation equipment. Offen we run multiple grease points into a manifold so the operator s only need to grease one point on the machine.

That sounds like a novel idea, so re you talking about something like this>>>>>>>> https://www.amazon.com/Anderson-Met...NPT+Connector&qid=1559084366&s=gateway&sr=8-1

I failed to mention that the grease fitting is on my brake petal shaft, I forgot what size it is, but I'm sure it's the small zerk, are there barb fittings that fit the small zerk?

 

[Oldpath05]

Who designs this stuff? it's like the automakers that make it so you need to disassemble half the vehicle to change a bulb.

Well you could say that's my fault, the under side grease fittings were easy til I added a skid plate, you know how it is sometimes, when you cure one problem you end up creating another one.

 

[Oldpath05]

On my finish mower, the zerk fittings are burried under the protective metal plates, so Land Pride attached rubber hoses to where the zerk would fit that are about a foot long, then the zerk fitting is attached to the end of the hose. One broke on me and it turns out that the flexible hose that comes with a grease gun is the exact same threads, so I replaced it with that. Instead of trying to get the grease gun to your zerk, why not extend the zerk fitting out farther with either a flexible hose or a solid tube?

Clever but on my brake pedal shaft I'm quite sure those threads are smaller then a grease gun hose, of coarse with pipe threads it adds more complication.

 

[LouNY]

That sounds like a novel idea, so re you talking about something like this>>>>>>>> https://www.amazon.com/Anderson-Met...NPT+Connector&qid=1559084366&s=gateway&sr=8-1

I failed to mention that the grease fitting is on my brake petal shaft, I forgot what size it is, but I'm sure it's the small zerk, are there barb fittings that fit the small zerk?

You can get grease fitting extension line kits;

Grease Extension Hoses: Relocate Hard-to-Reach Grease Fittings

 

[EddieWalker]

You can get grease fitting extension line kits;

Grease Extension Hoses: Relocate Hard-to-Reach Grease Fittings

That's a pretty cool site. Lots of great ideas!!!

 

[PILOON]

OK, on my tractor the main front axle 'pivot' is down under and hard to access.
SO, I added some 1/8 piping to bring the zerk up to a handy accessible location.
(LOL, my old bones simply do not allow me to crawl under to grease that Zerk)
Once I had purged the extension clear greasing was a snap.
You simply have to think outside of the 'box'.