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Topic: U joint grease fittings
Posted By: Ken in Texas
Subject: U joint grease fittings
Date Posted: 07 Dec 2019 at 5:49pm
NOT 1/8th or 1/4 NPT.   Somewhere  in  between . Need 2  to be able to keep my Brush Hog Drive Shaft U joints Greased.  Replaced yoke using same old cross and cups. Old yoke was not for a 1 3/8" 6 spline gearbox output shaft. Noted the grease fittings were both missing. TSC had what I needed. Broke the Bank to take the right yoke home.
    I thought I had a good selection of Grease Fittings until nothing I have threads into these old crosses .     Is there such a thing as a 3/16 Grease Fitting?



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Posted By: ACinSC
Date Posted: 07 Dec 2019 at 6:26pm
Could they be metric ?


Posted By: DiyDave
Date Posted: 07 Dec 2019 at 6:34pm
Drill them out, to the next biggest size you have, and tap them to that size...Wink

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Posted By: steve(ill)
Date Posted: 07 Dec 2019 at 7:55pm
the smaller one is a 1/4 inch bolt thread... the larger one is 1/8 inch pipe... never seen one in between.

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Posted By: shameless dude
Date Posted: 07 Dec 2019 at 9:49pm
might be the "push in" type. found that on a new mower I have, one dropped out and the hole wasn't threaded, and the dealer told me they were the push/pound in type. I got some and ruined one when I pounded it in. found a really small metal tube and pounded on that after placing the zerk up inside it.


Posted By: Ken in Texas
Date Posted: 08 Dec 2019 at 6:09pm
You got it Backwards Steve    The small zerks in my assortment are 1/8 NPT  the bigger are 1/4 NPT.   Went online and found 3/16 grease zerks .  All shapes , straight , 45 and 90s . Problem is 3/16 WHAT?


Posted By: Ken in Texas
Date Posted: 08 Dec 2019 at 6:12pm
You got it Backwards Steve    The small zerks in my assortment are 1/8 NPT  the bigger are 1/4 NPT.   Went online and found 3/16 grease zerks .  All shapes , straight , 45 and 90s . Problem is 3/16 WHAT?  All I know is a 1/8 is to small and a 1/4 is to big


Posted By: DiyDave
Date Posted: 08 Dec 2019 at 6:29pm
Originally posted by Ken in Texas Ken in Texas wrote:

You got it Backwards Steve    The small zerks in my assortment are 1/8 NPT  the bigger are 1/4 NPT.   Went online and found 3/16 grease zerks .  All shapes , straight , 45 and 90s . Problem is 3/16 WHAT?  All I know is a 1/8 is to small and a 1/4 is to big

He might have mis read.  Size wise, 1/4" x28 tpi bolt thread are the smallest.  Check hole with a 7/32 drill bit.  If hole is bigger, use a 21/64 drill bit and check if that's it, then its a 1/8 pipe thread... Never heard of a 3/16 bolt or pipe thread.  Wink


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Posted By: Ray54
Date Posted: 08 Dec 2019 at 7:52pm
They do make metric.You got it at TSC ?Wink Made in China cheap. No matter how much they charge.  Would be nice if information given and you check with drill bits it is USA thread. But if that is not looking right try metric.


Posted By: jaybmiller
Date Posted: 08 Dec 2019 at 8:06pm
oods are real good they are METRIC ! I've got some 7/8" bore pillowblocks here.....Zerks ARE metric....
I assume the default nowadays is Metric. then 'soft' conversion, then Imperial.
Soft means stuff that goes bothways....like  5/16<>8mm

Jay


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Posted By: steve(ill)
Date Posted: 08 Dec 2019 at 8:39pm
3/16 zerk is smaller than the 1/4 inch bolt thread size... You drill a 3/16 hole and POUND it in.. not threads, just TEETH.
 
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Posted By: steve(ill)
Date Posted: 08 Dec 2019 at 8:43pm
there are a variety of zerk threads.. the two most STANDARD are the 1/4 inch bolt thread and the 1/8 inch pipe... you can also find 1/4 inch pipe and other, but not that common.
 
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Posted By: steve(ill)
Date Posted: 08 Dec 2019 at 8:52pm
a 1/4 inch BOLT thread is .250 inch diameter
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an 1/8 inch pipe is .400 inch diameter
 
a 1/4 inch pipe is .540 inch diameter
 
a 12 mm ( metric) zerk is .470 inch diameter.  ( or about half way between the two pipes).


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