beppington
Elite Member
The zerk at the top of my LA724 loader's rollback cylinder broke off, & I'm having a fit trying to find a replacement.
No problem with the threads; It unscrewed right out. Took it with me to match it up. Tried Tractor Supply, Discount Auto Parts, Home Depot, & finally ... my Kubota dealer (way across town). Believe it or not even they didn't have it.
So, today I took the broken one back into Home Depot to at least determine the thread size. Tried 5/16" coarse thread: Nope. Tried 5/16" fine thread: Nope. Tried 8mm metric: Nope. But wait ... Upon closer look, they have both 8mm 1.0 thread & 8mm 1.25 thread ... Wah-lah, at least I now know it's 8mm 1.25 thread.
Now ... where to get an 8mm zerk with 1.25 threads??? :confused2:
Anybody?
(Due to miles traveled, this is gonna end up being the most expensive thing on the tractor, by weight anyway)
Edit: Broken zerk takes a 9mm socket
Edit 2: The OEM zerk appears to be straight threads, not tapered. And it does screw all the way down into an 8mm 1.25 thread nut I got from HD
No problem with the threads; It unscrewed right out. Took it with me to match it up. Tried Tractor Supply, Discount Auto Parts, Home Depot, & finally ... my Kubota dealer (way across town). Believe it or not even they didn't have it.
So, today I took the broken one back into Home Depot to at least determine the thread size. Tried 5/16" coarse thread: Nope. Tried 5/16" fine thread: Nope. Tried 8mm metric: Nope. But wait ... Upon closer look, they have both 8mm 1.0 thread & 8mm 1.25 thread ... Wah-lah, at least I now know it's 8mm 1.25 thread.
Now ... where to get an 8mm zerk with 1.25 threads??? :confused2:
Anybody?
(Due to miles traveled, this is gonna end up being the most expensive thing on the tractor, by weight anyway)
Edit: Broken zerk takes a 9mm socket
Edit 2: The OEM zerk appears to be straight threads, not tapered. And it does screw all the way down into an 8mm 1.25 thread nut I got from HD