Can't get grease into shackle bolts
I was going around doing my annual greasing of my shackle bolts on my 2004 Weekend Warrior and found that a couple of the bolts I was unable to pump grease into the zerks. I assumed the zerks were st...
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driveandfish wrote:
Not to hijack this but I am still having the same problem. I have gotten grease in all the bolts except one. I have tried with it jacked up and on the ground and many positions in between. One bolt will not take grease. This is the first time I have greased these. I am not sure what the previous owner did. Can I pull the zirk and clean the bore somehow?
Did you replace the zerk?
You will probably need to remove the bolt to inspect. Install the hole horizontal and I recommend adding a small chamfer to the hole with a round file before you reassemble.
