Clogged grease fittings

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nightstalker

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• Jan 16, 2004

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The two grease fittings on my outboard's power tilt are clogged with old, cement hard grease. I removed the fittings and cleaned them out but the grease inside the unit is as hard as a rock. I got what I could, but I can't clean them out enough to get in new grease. Anybody got any ideas?????<br />Stalker

 

WillyBWright

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• Jan 16, 2004

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Re: Clogged grease fittings

Disassembly and solvent. Or heat it with a heat lamp and displace it by pumping in plenty of new grease when it's still warm.

 

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sinkingfast

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• Jan 16, 2004

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Re: Clogged grease fittings

buy new ones, they are about $5 for a bag of 10

 

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Trent

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• Jan 16, 2004

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Re: Clogged grease fittings

Or you can buy this tool to clean it out. Made by KD tools. RAMO-MATIC<br /><br /> Tool

 

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crazy charlie

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• Jan 17, 2004

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Re: Clogged grease fittings

I cleaned mine out by putting a straight tube on a can of brake cleaner and putting it in the hole after the fitting is removed.then take a piece of rigid wire and stick it in and remove what you can.Carb cleaner may work better.You have to dig around in there a bit and loosen the old crap up.When you think you have gotten all out that you can,replace the fitting with a new one and dont use one of those sissy grease guns.Get the large one with the lever and force the new grease in and the old will come out.Charlie

 

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nightstalker

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• Jan 17, 2004

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Re: Clogged grease fittings

OK:<br /> I'll give the carb cleaner a try. Thanks for the help.<br />Stalker

 

waterinthefuel

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• Jan 17, 2004

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Re: Clogged grease fittings

I thought that just trying to jam the grease in there usually clears it? My father always told me that in a grease fitting is thousands of PSI of pressure when you really ram it, so he told me to clear clogged ones simply by ramming new grease in. He never met one he couldn't de-clog by using brute force.

 

rickdb1boat

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• Jan 17, 2004

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Re: Clogged grease fittings

Jeez, just get new ones. They are cheap enough and will last a long time.

 

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• Jan 18, 2004

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Re: Clogged grease fittings

Alot of times it not the fitting. Its the item your greasing thats the problem. Grease gets hard. Over time.Or dirty.

 

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• Jan 18, 2004

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Re: Clogged grease fittings

It's not the fittings that are clogged, it's the grease reservoir behind them. I cleaned them the best I could after putting on new fittings but still no go. I also found out that one of the fittings was stripped. I dug out as much of the old hardened grease as I could, but they are still clogged.<br />Stalker