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Title: installing new upper control arms
Post by: gold84gmc on October 21, 2009, 07:27:28 am

how many pumps of grease do i put in the grease fittings on the shaft?

Title: Re: installing new upper control arms
Post by: Flamingbig10 on October 21, 2009, 11:38:36 am

last ones I did, I filled them up with grease until some started to come out

Title: Re: installing new upper control arms
Post by: gold84gmc on October 21, 2009, 07:14:29 pm

alright thanks...with the grease fitting on the ball joint, where it screws into, there isnt any threads on eather of the control arms i got, are they supposed to be like this or do i have to put my own threads?

Title: Re: installing new upper control arms
Post by: Jim Rockford on October 22, 2009, 07:14:52 am

No the fitting will make its own threads. just screw it in straight. just pump grease in it till you can see the boot start to swell.

Title: Re: installing new upper control arms
Post by: gold84gmc on October 22, 2009, 01:47:04 pm

there aren't any threads so i cant screw it in

Title: Re: installing new upper control arms
Post by: VileZambonie on October 22, 2009, 03:25:16 pm

Your grease fitting has no threads? Then get one that does. Or get a zerk fitting tool

http://www.northerntool.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_6970_12818_12818

http://www.americanclassic.com/Google_Base_HTML_Pages/ZERK-02-1978.htm

Title: Re: installing new upper control arms
Post by: gold84gmc on October 22, 2009, 03:30:18 pm

no the fittings are fine, where they screw into ontop of the ball joints is where there are no threads

Title: Re: installing new upper control arms
Post by: Toolmaster on October 22, 2009, 07:46:07 pm

They could be drive-in zerks. Look and see if the have threads or are they just rings. Put one between fingernail's and twist, if it dont screw out, it's a drive-in zerk.

Title: Re: installing new upper control arms
Post by: gold84gmc on October 24, 2009, 05:51:56 pm

so if its a drive-in zerk then do i just hit it in with a hammer?

Title: Re: installing new upper control arms
Post by: VileZambonie on October 24, 2009, 05:54:50 pm

No! Righty tighty! Push inward with your finger while you thread it in.

Title: Re: installing new upper control arms
Post by: gold84gmc on October 24, 2009, 09:07:53 pm

i did and it wouldnt go in....from what i understand a drive-in zerk doesnt have threads it has "rings" around it

Title: Re: installing new upper control arms
Post by: Jim Rockford on November 05, 2009, 06:27:29 am

take a 1/4 drive socket the size of the zerk, . Then PUSH DOWN as you try and screw it in, it is a self tapping zerk,  no company takes the time to thread the BJ for the zerk. and DO NOT drive it in with a hammer. :'(

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Title: Re: installing new upper control arms
Post by: gold84gmc on November 05, 2009, 02:03:23 pm

calm down!...not everyone is an expert with everything...and i did exactly what you said and it wouldnt go in

Title: Re: installing new upper control arms
Post by: Jim Rockford on November 05, 2009, 03:39:07 pm

you might need to put some paper or something to fill up the socket a little bit to keep the zerk from going too far into the socket and not letting you apply pressure..Is the socket bottoming out on the top of the ball joint?

Title: Re: installing new upper control arms
Post by: gold84gmc on November 05, 2009, 08:50:06 pm

nope its not bottoming out, and i used a short socket so it wasnt going up into the socket