Remote Grease Fittings

[Arne73]

I've installed several remote grease lines to bearings on equipment but I've run into difficulty with pressed in zerks. I'd been running tubing and fittings to the threaded openings on the bearing housings but with the press in zerks I need something that snaps on to the zerk and can be piped out. Any ideas?

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[rlitman]

Why not pull the zerk and tap the hole?

 

[Arne73]

I'm going for easy-
I've seen the fitting on some of our machines but hoped to find a source.
The machine downtime to drill and tap would be tough to get

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[homebuilt burner]

I have seen some people use the lock on grese couplers. Then just leave them in place.

 

[stingry]

Look at the “zerk lock” fittings by Lincoln on page 17
http://www.lincolnindustrial.com/Catalogs/Uploaded/Catalog_119/LubeFittingsAcc.pdf
Looks like they permanently attach to the zerk and then you can add tubing with a 1/8 npt fitting

 

[matt_i]

I have seen some people use the lock on grese couplers. Then just leave them in place.

Im sure it will work but at $30/ea someones going to need deep pockets. Thinking specifically of the LockNLube coupler.

 

[stingry]

Im sure it will work but at $30/ea someones going to need deep pockets. Thinking specifically of the LockNLube coupler.

The ones I mentioned in post #5 are $3.50 ea plus freight

 

[Arne73]

That is exactly what I was looking for, thank you.
I don't know why I didn't think to look at Lincoln but GJ comes thru again.

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[3rdgendslmech]

we had a piece of heavy equipment one time...not sure of the Mfg. but it wasn't Cat or John Deere or anything else brand name. It had the push in type fittings ALL OVER IT! As they went bad or just fell out I would weld 1/4 x 28 nuts to where all the fittings were and used the smaller grease fittings