Grease

Roachie, you may be able to answer this (a small hijack!) but how do you remove a stuborn grease nipple??

The lower ball joints on the surf have a nipple fitted with a 90 degree angle on each side. Unfortunatally the angle is such that you cannot get the grease gun onto the nipple. I've tried everything down to a hammer and screw driver to try and turn or losen these things but can't work out how to do it!!

In the book it says that the grease nipples need to be fitted and removed at each service on the ball joints, however these have obviously been fitted and never taken out, now I can't get them out for love nor money!!

So obviously I've never greased the lower ball joints since I've had it and I doubt anyone else has either, I can imagine the mechanics putting it in the "too hard basket".

Jeff, when I bought my 1993 GQ in 1995, I bought nipples for the steering joints and removed the small bolts and left the nipples in place permanently. Never had any probs at all.
I would say that if you want to remove them and can't do so with a spanner etc, then the only alternative I can think of would be to cut them off and use an "EZYOUT" to get the rest of it out. They make them in pretty small sizes, but I'd be checking that I had one on hand before cutting it/them off, eh!!
Good luck
Roachie

Thanks mate, yeah I would'nt want to be tryin to eazy out them from where they are, they are in such a bitch of a place, covered over by a metal guard... Yick. I had a member message from someone else that suggested a needle type fitting that you can get for the grease gun that you insert into the ball bearing of the nipple, might be worth checking out...

Thanks anyway!