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I bought a 1998 Caravelle bowrider last summer. I went to grease the gimbal bearing this spring and the zerk came out with the grease gun...ugh. I see McMaster Carr has self threading zerks....what would everyone recommend as a fix?
I bought a 1998 Caravelle bowrider last summer. I went to grease the gimbal bearing this spring and the zerk came out with the grease gun...ugh. I see McMaster Carr has self threading zerks....what would everyone recommend as a fix?
yeah depending on how much thread is left this will be an option. Worst case you may have to put a thread insert in. f you grease gun is like mine the tip has an adjustment for how tight it hangs on to the zerk
The SX and DP-SM drives (you don't say what you have) the grease nipple (zerk) is screwed into the female end of a plastic tube. The other end is just slightly tapered and is just glued into the gimbal housing.
