Thread: D2 Front Drive shaft grease nipple

Originally Posted by Rick122

For what it's worth, this is what the needle attachment looks like. You can also use them to grease non-greasable ball joints etc.

Hi Rick,
I've never seen one of those before.
Can you actually depress the spring-loaded ball inside the "target" grease nipple with the pointed end, and inject grease into the nipple that otherwise cannot be reached?
Or does it just apply grease to the general area?
Regards,
Andrew

Yes, the proper ones can inject into the grease nipple as long as you can get it fairly straight on. You can get some that have a syringe type end which wouldn't work as well as they have an angled cut.

Originally Posted by Rick122

Yes, the proper ones can inject into the grease nipple as long as you can get it fairly straight on. You can get some that have a syringe type end which wouldn't work as well as they have an angled cut.

Hi Rick,
Yes, I 've looked at a few on various websites since our last posts, and noticed that some have a conical end, while others have an end like a syringe needle, with an angled cut.
Injecting grease might be a bit slow with the first type, but better than not even being able to reach the nipple at all, or having grease squirt out sideways with the second.
Thanks,
Andrew

Hi,

I had a nasty time with my Grease nipples and actually broke one off trying to get the crap repco gun off the nipple. It took no effort at all and just snapped inside the nozzle. That meant I had to swap in a new shaft because the uni still has the stub of the nipple in it and easy outs were threatening to snap in there.

So just take it easy under there fellas (And Greasy Ladies too).

Ian.

When I service my D2 I remove the front shaft completely and grease it in the vice.

I cannot get to the center bearing grease point on the carden joint when it is in situ.

That's what I did last time ... but just dropped the cardan end only so I could grease the DC Join ... all the other nipples are accessible.

Going to get me one of those zerk needles like shown further back on this post.

Originally Posted by Fluids

Going to get me one of those zerk needles like shown further back on this post.

Do you know where to get these?

Lincoln Industrial 5806 Grease Needle Nozzle 6 Inch | eBay

Sealey Needle Nose Grease Dispenser | eBay

Still looking for a cheaper source ... but i've dealt with the second seller (UK) before and may go that way.