I will try to get photos. It is due and it gives me another reason to crawl under there.

 

I actually had a grease gun fitting similar in shape (not as long) to the thing on your bicycle greaser...

I had it on hand to grease Speedplays... and ended up using it on the truck, too.

That setup you have looks handier, though.

Yeah, I used to run speedplay frogs, but found I was getting some foot pain from what I guess is "metatarsal arch collapse" on rides above ~85 miles or so - didn't like the speedplay roads due to the cleats clogging, but recently switched to the crank bros. road pedals, which, combined with custom orthotics, have worked quite well up to a double century.

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... oh, and if you're really up for a mechanical challenge, I'll let you work on rebuilding a Campagnolo integrated shift/brake lever someday.

I'll take you up on that...


Hey, if you get good at that, you can hang out your shingle and make some bucks - It's taken me up to 12 hours to get that job done!


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The part I can't believe is that any automotive mechanic could ever make it through an apprenticeship without knowing that that exact fitting has been in the exact same place on the front Kardan joint of almost every 4X4 ever made in the last 50 years or so.


And it's even worse for those of us who didn't go through any kind of mechanical training, and don't have much talent in that direction to boot!

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Oh - and I'll let the next 10 bike riders go by without taking a shot at them with the outside mirrors.....


Now that's what we like to hear!

 

LMAO. I ride a bicycle myself, and yes, I wear the "tight shorts" for the padding, but I refuse to wear them without covering up with another pair of regular cargo shorts. I have often told my wife that she can wear them all she wants with nothing over them, but that I will not be seen in public dressed like a (you know what).

After 4 years of looking I had never been able to find this elusive grease fitting either, so now I will take a fresh look. What a nightmare.

Thanks for the info and the laugh.

 

I have been in the bicycle industry for 20 years. The shingle is falling off the wall it's so old... I have faced, chased, and laced, overhauled, tuned a lot of bikes. Oh yeah, I have rebuilt several Campy Ergopower levers... so bring it on!!!

 

Great work and nice pictures....

I wonder why the companies that build these things dont have a site similar to this where their engineers and a few super techs would answer questions , post pictures etc.

Well I guess that might be too good for their customer relations and hence increase their profitability.

Lets just continue the work of the last 20 years or so and have all the customers complaining and going to other offshore manufacturers for their vehicles.

 

Not sure if many are aware of this, but NAPA sells a Needle Adapter, 4", part number 715-1213. you put it onto the end of a typical grease gun hose that works with the usual zerk fitting.

 

Jacking the left front wheel worked wonderfuly. I had a hypodurmic grease needle for my grease gun in the gurodge and it worked great. The pic posted here sure helped me find it.

Thanks.

 

Was not aware that this needed greased. Had 517,801 when I replaced mine.

A friend with over 640,000 has never greased his either.