changing broken grease nipple

budepps3760 · May 16, 2015

Bought an old disc harrow and after one use a grease nipple broke as I was applying grease. Cannot get the broken part out of the disc. Short of drilling out does anyone have suggestions as to what I can do to remove it?

leonz · May 16, 2015

The smallest broken pipe fitting extractor inch will remove the fitting BUY A GOOD ONE to do this.

breadtrk · May 16, 2015

EZ Out, the pictures you need are on the package.

Or just do like the rest of us, hammer a small screwdriver into whats left and unscrew it. Put in a new one.

bumperm · May 16, 2015

The nipple you are referring to is called a "zerk fitting". Most are screwed in, and so the advice in the previous posts is good. However, less common, some are pressed in and have no threads, if pressed in, and the broken part is proud, you can grab it with a vise-grip and bend it off to the side an it should pop out.

bindian · May 16, 2015

Drill it out with an 1/8th inch LEFT hand drill bit. Usually the flukes catch the threads and spin it out. If not, use an easy out to remove the already drilled, broken fitting. We use this type at work.
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hugs, Brandi