Kimbell
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While greasing the Front Loader zerks on the outside edges of the loader arms i broke the tip of one off. I ran down to the hardware store and bought what looked to be the correct size. Got back home and tried to put it in and after about 2 full turns i could feel it getting tight... I of course stoped and called the dealer where i had purchased the tractor from to verify zerk size.
turns out that the zerk fittings are supposed to be metric instead of standard which meant another trip to the store for me. i took an unbroken with me out of another spot to compare to ensure that i dont make another trip into town without success. While at the store the only ones that seemed to be even clsoe is size were the 10 mm zerks. the 8mm were definetly too small but the 10mm looked, to me anyway, to be too big but not by more than a 32nd or so. I went from there to another 3 auto parts stores as well as two hardware stores and couldnt find anything that matched perfectly so i picked up a big variety kit of both standard and metric and headed home. After i got home and tried the 10mm and the same thing happened, the zerk seemed to tighten up while screwing after about 2 or 3 turns. "No the fitting was not crossthreaded as i tried putting it into 3 different spots where i pulled the good zerks out thinking maybe it was just a bad threads on the one location with the broken zerk." Needless to say i put the good ones back in and ended up putting the one with the broken tip back in just to keep dirt and grime out of the threads and hole. I contacted the dealer again and asked if i could just order some from them and pay the extra for shipping, the response i got was not exactly helpful though im not sure they understood exactly everything i had tried already but all they told me to do was to go to napa and pick up some metric zerk fittings.
My question is: Has anyone had any of these zerks break on them and if so where did you get replacements from, what size, and how smooth they thread in compared to the factory ones.... I was thinking that maybe they are supposed to be 10mm but the zerks were special made for ls and they are just a fraction out of spec or somthing?
turns out that the zerk fittings are supposed to be metric instead of standard which meant another trip to the store for me. i took an unbroken with me out of another spot to compare to ensure that i dont make another trip into town without success. While at the store the only ones that seemed to be even clsoe is size were the 10 mm zerks. the 8mm were definetly too small but the 10mm looked, to me anyway, to be too big but not by more than a 32nd or so. I went from there to another 3 auto parts stores as well as two hardware stores and couldnt find anything that matched perfectly so i picked up a big variety kit of both standard and metric and headed home. After i got home and tried the 10mm and the same thing happened, the zerk seemed to tighten up while screwing after about 2 or 3 turns. "No the fitting was not crossthreaded as i tried putting it into 3 different spots where i pulled the good zerks out thinking maybe it was just a bad threads on the one location with the broken zerk." Needless to say i put the good ones back in and ended up putting the one with the broken tip back in just to keep dirt and grime out of the threads and hole. I contacted the dealer again and asked if i could just order some from them and pay the extra for shipping, the response i got was not exactly helpful though im not sure they understood exactly everything i had tried already but all they told me to do was to go to napa and pick up some metric zerk fittings.
My question is: Has anyone had any of these zerks break on them and if so where did you get replacements from, what size, and how smooth they thread in compared to the factory ones.... I was thinking that maybe they are supposed to be 10mm but the zerks were special made for ls and they are just a fraction out of spec or somthing?
