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Offline gold84gmc

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installing new upper control arms
« on: October 21, 2009, 07:27:28 am »
how many pumps of grease do i put in the grease fittings on the shaft?
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Offline Flamingbig10

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Re: installing new upper control arms
« Reply #1 on: October 21, 2009, 11:38:36 am »
last ones I did, I filled them up with grease until some started to come out
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Re: installing new upper control arms
« Reply #2 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?
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Offline Jim Rockford

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Re: installing new upper control arms
« Reply #3 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.
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Offline gold84gmc

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Re: installing new upper control arms
« Reply #4 on: October 22, 2009, 01:47:04 pm »
there aren't any threads so i cant screw it in
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Re: installing new upper control arms
« Reply #5 on: October 22, 2009, 03:25:16 pm »
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Re: installing new upper control arms
« Reply #6 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
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Offline Toolmaster

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Re: installing new upper control arms
« Reply #7 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.
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Re: installing new upper control arms
« Reply #8 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?
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Offline VileZambonie

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Re: installing new upper control arms
« Reply #9 on: October 24, 2009, 05:54:50 pm »
No! Righty tighty! Push inward with your finger while you thread it in.
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Re: installing new upper control arms
« Reply #10 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
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Offline Jim Rockford

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Re: installing new upper control arms
« Reply #11 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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Re: installing new upper control arms
« Reply #12 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
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Offline Jim Rockford

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Re: installing new upper control arms
« Reply #13 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?
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Re: installing new upper control arms
« Reply #14 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
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