removing broken alemite

[JSeery]

Originally Posted by LOWRIDER

New one on me. Worked 40+yrs at Ford dealers in Detroit starting in the 60's. Working with my old man he already had 20yrs working there. Some of the old guys (seemed ancient to me) had experience with model T's & A's. Never once did I hear one of them refer to an "alemite". Fast forward to the time I retired some of the kids there didn't know what a grease fitting was.

Someone I can identify with!!! Reminds me of when I first went into the military. Was with a lot of guys for the northeast. Couldn't believe how many different terms there were for the same things.

[40cpe]

No, Mart, it is not out.

No, Jack, I can't get anything to bite enough to bugger it up.

I'm going to try to find a left hand bit today.

I would pull the steering gear but a lot of parts would have to come off to do that. I'm still holding out hope that the rubber tipped grease needle will work.

[JSeery]

I have never had any luck with the tapered twist type of easy-outs. However I have a set of straight splined extractors that work really well. You drill a hole the size of the base and tap them in. Have always worked well for me (in the right application).

[40cpe]

Update on the broken alemite, grease zerk, grease fitting, etc. The rubber tipped needle worked to get grease in the broken fitting, but the pressure on the grease just pushed a lot of it back out the hole. Thinking that a grease fitting holding pressure would be better, I finally took off enough parts to get better access to the fitting. The left hand drill didn't back it out, so I drilled and tapped the hole for the fitting. It took a lot of fretting, but I'm glad it is done correctly.

[Shu47]

Thanks for the update and also for the word Alemite. I am with many others on this site in that I had never heard the word before so I learned something new.

[Art Newland]

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Congrats 40cpe, you'll be glad you did the job correctly in the long run. According to Alemite's web-page, they invented the "zerk" fitting, so apparently that's what they called it! 8^)
http://www.alemite.com/catalog/detai...ifier=fittings

[Mart]

I prefer nipples.