Re: Lubing the T-L gears?
Posted by Owen_Dyneto On 2014/1/16 12:23:39
Mr. Zerk's patent (1929) was assigned to Alemite Corp, hence the eponymous names. There were previous style fittings made by Alemite, so-called cross pin, which required a totally different style grease gun. Usually found on pre-1929 cars and often replaced with the updated type.
EDIT: For those with a pre-1929 car (or just with curiosity) here's an image of the early cross-pin type Alemite grease fitting; some makers, Pierce-Arrow for one, might have used these into the early 1930s. Also pictured is the adapter (still available from MSc) which screws onto the end of your grease gun, the corkscrew attaches the adapter to the fitting. You could also just remove the threaded end of the adapter and add a hydraulic Zerk fitting.
As long as we've migrated towards grease fittings, the third item is extremely useful at times, it replaces the normal end of the grease gun and is used to access fittings in very restricted places like a fitting on the interior of a universal joint where the space prohibits using a convertional grease gun head. Just "stick it in the hole" with enough pressure for the tip to dislodge the ball check valve in the fitting. This too is available from MSC - if you do your own grease jobs you should probably have one.
Sorry for the picture quality, I just laid these on the scanner.
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EDIT: For those with a pre-1929 car (or just with curiosity) here's an image of the early cross-pin type Alemite grease fitting; some makers, Pierce-Arrow for one, might have used these into the early 1930s. Also pictured is the adapter (still available from MSc) which screws onto the end of your grease gun, the corkscrew attaches the adapter to the fitting. You could also just remove the threaded end of the adapter and add a hydraulic Zerk fitting.
As long as we've migrated towards grease fittings, the third item is extremely useful at times, it replaces the normal end of the grease gun and is used to access fittings in very restricted places like a fitting on the interior of a universal joint where the space prohibits using a convertional grease gun head. Just "stick it in the hole" with enough pressure for the tip to dislodge the ball check valve in the fitting. This too is available from MSC - if you do your own grease jobs you should probably have one.
Sorry for the picture quality, I just laid these on the scanner.
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