IMHO, use an EZ-out, inexpensive and work. I've never seen a Zerk that was
not tapped but surely could exist. Mine are tapped. Even if you have to end
up drilling it out you can rethread. Just keep the drill size of the EZ-Out
doesn't work less that the tap size specified for the Zerk thread. Be sure
to THROUGHLY flush out the fitting hole, don't want any chips or crud
getting into the bearing. You can't put to much grease in, you should see it
oozing out before stopping the greasing.
Don W7WLL
-----Original Message-----
From: Kurt Cathcart. KR2C
Sent: Friday, April 10, 2015 9:26 AM
To: towertalk@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Zerk fitting for MA-40
Good information everybody. And quick too! Thank you.
One more question. Removing the remains of the Zeck fitting, would
anybody know if this is tapped or pressed?
-Kurt
KR2C
On 4/10/2015 11:59 AM, Kurt Cathcart. KR2C wrote:
I have a US Tower MA-40 with the rotator base. The last time I greased
the bearing, the Zerk fitting broke when I was removing the grease gun.
Does anybody have an idea of what I should replace it with? I got
crickets from US Tower.
-Kurt
KR2C
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