Anyone see my zerk fitting?

[ChryslerKid]

Installed this u joint a year ago. After driving home from work today in the slow lane bitching about chinese parts i took it apart and found this. Doesn't even looked stripped just fell out i guess.... Oops

 

[493 Mike]

Installed this u joint a year ago. After driving home from work today in the slow lane bitching about chinese parts i took it apart and found this. Doesn't even looked stripped just fell out i guess.... Oops

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Did you wash that cap or was it that clean/dry upon disassembly?
Mike

 

[PRND21]

Not that this applies to your situation, but there are press in zerks. But they’re not worth a damn, usually won’t stay in. I usually thread them for 1/4 28, don’t see how a u-joint cap would have enough meat to thread, even though I’ve seen u-joints on equipment with them, never had one apart to see how they’re fastened in.

 

[ChryslerKid]

Im just surprised to see how fast it destroyed those bearings. I greased everything recently so i know i was in there. When i took it apart there were no bearings left just a lot of metal dust.

 

[ChryslerKid]

Did you wash that cap or was it that clean/dry upon disassembly?
Mike

Dry as a bone.

 

[gkent]

Usually the zerks are in the u-joint body, not in a cap.

 

[Dipstick]

Not that this applies to your situation, but there are press in zerks. But they’re not worth a damn, usually won’t stay in.

Yeah, bad idea since grease guns can put out thousands of psi.

 

[Dennis H]

Mine are in the parking lot at the Carson Valley Inn. Knocked them off on the first parking bumper after the Hotchkis sway bar install.

 

[Dibbons]

For drag racing, I used U-joints with no grease fittings, supposed to be stronger without the hole drilled there I suppose (hole in the main body, that is).

 

[Bb70charger500]

That's a bit dry !
Never seen with fitting on cap sounds like a dive design a rock prob jumped up and took it off!