REDRIDER52 Posted June 3, 2013 Share #1 Posted June 3, 2013 I was under trike greasing cv joint and saw 2 zerk fittings on swing arm BUT I could not get grease gun hose on it its turned towards the front of the fender any ideas on howto get on it to grease the swing arm. will try to post picture taken with cell phone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainJoe Posted June 3, 2013 Share #2 Posted June 3, 2013 just put a open end wrench and move the grease zerk... sorry i see now its a straight one...oooops! buy an angled grease zerk. The come in different angles including 90 and 45 deg.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carbon_One Posted June 3, 2013 Share #3 Posted June 3, 2013 I took off the straight zerk fitting and replaced them with a 90* one. Turned them so they pointed down and now can grease them easily. Larry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REDRIDER52 Posted June 3, 2013 Author Share #4 Posted June 3, 2013 do you know what size they were standard or metric Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ragtop69gs Posted June 3, 2013 Share #5 Posted June 3, 2013 I took off the straight zerk fitting and replaced them with a 90* one. Turned them so they pointed down and now can grease them easily. Larry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bongobobny Posted June 3, 2013 Share #6 Posted June 3, 2013 The ones on the swing arm should be the stock metric... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ragtop69gs Posted June 4, 2013 Share #7 Posted June 4, 2013 The ones on the swing arm should be the stock metric... They make metric Zerk fittings ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bongobobny Posted June 4, 2013 Share #8 Posted June 4, 2013 Uhhh, yes they do! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trader Posted June 4, 2013 Share #9 Posted June 4, 2013 Contrary to popular opinion...there is more to the world than the USA ..... and MOST of the world uses metric!!!!!! (get the popcorn ready!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Lou Posted June 5, 2013 Share #10 Posted June 5, 2013 I heard a song once ,"",we are the world"" be all you can be Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dacheedah Posted June 5, 2013 Share #11 Posted June 5, 2013 Contrary to popular opinion...there is more to the world than the USA ..... and MOST of the world uses metric!!!!!! (get the popcorn ready!) Apparently most of the rest of the world makes the stuff I use, most seems metric to me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ragtop69gs Posted June 5, 2013 Share #12 Posted June 5, 2013 Apparently most of the rest of the world makes the stuff I use, most seems metric to me A backwards bunch they are Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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