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Oct 16, 2015 | 07:30 AM

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WVICEMAN

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Thanks all.

Oct 16, 2015 | 08:12 AM

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Uncle G.

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Originally Posted by bagga

my 85 flhtc doesn't have one. the only time it's been greased is when it was assembled 30 years ago. i don't worry about it. if the bearings go out i'll replace them.

You guys and your touring bikes. The major reason I've never owned a dresser is that jobs that ought to be simple (like changing fork oil or greasing the head bearings) are a nightmare on a dresser. Heck, new (Rushmore)dressers don't even have drain screws for the fork oil. How much you want to bet that most of them will never get the fork oil changed?

Oct 16, 2015 | 01:11 PM

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Lucky Luke

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If you have a hole but don't have an actual zerk fitting or cannot buy them locally, tell me your address offline and I'd send you one or two, I have a couple of bags of 90° and 45° ones. I forget the thread right now but it's typical H-D.

It was hard for me to find anyone local and suppliers would only supply in bulk so I bought them.

Changing the angle of the OEM ones makes it a lot easier to reach.

Oct 16, 2015 | 09:12 PM

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Prot

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Huh?

Grease zerks are a very common thing and are readily available virtually anywhere. Auto parts stores typically have a large selection.

While I was in college, I worked at O'Reilly's and was the "go to" guy.

Oct 16, 2015 | 09:16 PM

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Diverrick

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My 2013 RG has a Zerk on the Left side. Looks like it has never been greased, even though the bike has always had HD service centers do the service intervals. After finding it, I have to agree a 45 degree fitting might be a better idea than the straight one that is there from the factory.

Oct 16, 2015 | 10:19 PM

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Lucky Luke

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Originally Posted by Prot

Huh?

Grease zerks are a very common thing and are readily available virtually anywhere. Auto parts stores typically have a large selection.

May be ... but only in bags of 5 when you only want one in my experience.

Where do they still want to sell you one of anything these days?

H-D will but it costs the same as buying 5 (rough approximation) and they are straight.

Actually, I found the 90° work out right. Now I'm thinking of drilling everything to stick the other 9 in somewhere.

Do you think it would work to drill the transmission case to allow you to grease the swing arm pivot? I was thinking small hole all the way thru the same size as the bore of the zerk, then only half taped for the body of it.

Would need to check if the swing arm would allow it.

Oct 16, 2015 | 10:42 PM

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Prot

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Behind the counter, they are sold individually for virtually nothing. At least that is how it was when I worked there.

Oct 17, 2015 | 12:27 AM

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If you have trouble fitting the grease gun on a straight zerk fitting, you might want to try adding a right angle grease coupler to your grease gun.

They have products like this at your local auto parts store and I bet it's probably cheaper there too.