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Old 08-02-2017, 12:07 PM
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Default 50a deck grease fitting

Are these able to still be purchased? The @$$hat who painted my deck botched all my fittings up and I'm confident they will no longer work. Are new fittings able to be obtained for the existing spindles?
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They are press it types, getting them out w/o breaking them off may be a challenge. Give 'em a shot of grease, they may still work
Unless they were sandblasted, then all bets are off.
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Old 08-02-2017, 10:04 PM
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I don't know if they are or were blasted but they are painted over and the one fitting...the ball is down "in" the fitting versus at the top
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I don't know if they are or were blasted but they are painted over and the one fitting...the ball is down "in" the fitting versus at the top
Take a screwdriver and scrape it easy over the top of the painted ones. Stick an o-ring pick into the other. Then grease them. They aren't hurt. A little paint is on every new piece of equipment's grease fittings. It's no big deal st sll.
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Old 08-07-2017, 02:14 PM
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or you can clamp a vise grip on them and give a good whack with a hammer, thus pulling them out, then thread and tap for a new fitting...i think .25"x 28 works perfect if i remember right... i do that to all mine...hate the pressed in ones...plus then you can put better easier to get to angles on certain ones...just my take...
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Old 08-14-2017, 10:20 PM
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Can you elaborate more on this? I assume I whack it sideways? (That sounds bad) my concerns with threading a new fitting would be getting bits of metal into the bearing.

I took my spindle apart and the bearing seems fine...little bit of play but I'm not overly concerned.

I stuck some thin wire down into the fitting and it seems like the ball is gone. Idk how that would happen but it's def gone hence my post.

Are there replacement ones available? I searched the internet but was able to find replacement RZR spindles which ibdont believe are for my machine.

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or you can clamp a vise grip on them and give a good whack with a hammer, thus pulling them out, then thread and tap for a new fitting...i think .25"x 28 works perfect if i remember right... i do that to all mine...hate the pressed in ones...plus then you can put better easier to get to angles on certain ones...just my take...
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No.... you would not whack them sideways. That would just break them off. You are trying to pull them out. Tap the vicegrips in an upward motion. A slide hammer would be better. OR.... just grease them and leave them alone. The ball doesn't have to be present for them to work. It does keep water and dirt out of the fitting though.... but as small of a hole and your dealing with, I wouldn't worry too much.

You can get threaded grease fitting at any parts, or farm store. Nothing special, nothing fancy, and definitely not application specific. Threading the hole without getting metal particles in it isn't too hard. Just coat the tap with grease before using it. Pull it out often and clean. When tapping is done, (and you don't have to tap them deep or sometimes at all if you get self threading grease zerks) then just use a small screwdriver in the hole to get the grease/metal out. Don't make this too hard.... it's really easy.
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