grease fitting

[spyder18]

does spyder have any grease fitting

 

[garganos]

does spyder have any grease fitting

4. One on each A-Arm pivot. The uppers are a real bear to get at.

 

[bjt]

4. One on each A-Arm pivot. The uppers are a real bear to get at.

I was noticing that when I had most of the front plastic taken off my Spyder. I saw those grease fittings and thought "What a pain it will be to get at those things".

 

[spyryder]

I was noticing that when I had most of the front plastic taken off my Spyder. I saw those grease fittings and thought "What a pain it will be to get at those things".

I'll be changing those with 90 degree fittings.

 

[Danimal]

Might want to just put the 90 on your grease gun .....

 

[Tonga]

Yup, a 90 degree fitting on the top rear A arm. The others are OK. Don't forget the synthetic grease

 

[spyryder]

Might want to just put the 90 on your grease gun .....

Yep.....here's a 90 degree adapter for the grease gun!

http://www.sjdiscounttools.com/the418.html

 

[Roaddog2]

4. One on each A-Arm pivot. The uppers are a real bear to get at.

:spyder:asked at Factory why they do that and workers in area said they don't use a 90 there just beacause it would take more time to get angle right while line is moving so they use a regular zerk :dontknow: I think they should take the time :spyder:

 

[bjt]

:spyder:asked at Factory why they do that and workers in area said they don't use a 90 there just beacause it would take more time to get angle right while line is moving so they use a regular zerk :dontknow: I think they should take the time :spyder:

I remember someone asking that question also and the engineer said that the threads on the grease fitting aren't always cut the same in relation to the 90. So when they would tighten down the grease fitting, it may end up in the right orientation but it may end up in any other orientation. If it ended up with the 90 facing 180 degrees out of where it is supposed to be, that would be bad.

 

[BRPjunkie]

Absolutely true. Ask any plumber what happens when a 90 degree elbow makes up half a turn from where you want it. You can't always get another half turn to get alignment.