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Greetings all,
My early morning project was to make an adapter to grease button head zerks on the CAT. A cutter was made from an old end mill to
machine the shape needed to hook on the button type zerks. The body was made from aluminum and the remaining parts of steel.
A little experimentation may be need to fine tune it but it seems to work as is. I left the pin a little long so the threaded part will
force the zerk open as it has a fairly hefty spring inside. It's possible that the hydraulic pressure on the pin would open the zerk but
this way I can screw in the threads more to open the zerk fitting if needed. The CAT people wanted over $50 for one which prompted
me to make my own.
Here's a couple photos of the project:
My early morning project was to make an adapter to grease button head zerks on the CAT. A cutter was made from an old end mill to
machine the shape needed to hook on the button type zerks. The body was made from aluminum and the remaining parts of steel.
A little experimentation may be need to fine tune it but it seems to work as is. I left the pin a little long so the threaded part will
force the zerk open as it has a fairly hefty spring inside. It's possible that the hydraulic pressure on the pin would open the zerk but
this way I can screw in the threads more to open the zerk fitting if needed. The CAT people wanted over $50 for one which prompted
me to make my own.
Here's a couple photos of the project: