Lower ball joints wont take grease?

[The motor guy]

It seems like the zero fittings are clogged. Should I just replace the zerks?

 

[Imp4]

A little heat tends to free up the gunk in the spring and ball mechanism.
Or you could just replace them as you've suggested.

 

[Dave9]

That's one option. Another is take a needle/etc to press the ball in, then squirt in some solvent and wait. I mean only a tiny amount of solvent. Another option is take the fitting off and do that, with more solvent.

 

[Brian123]

It seems like the zero fittings are clogged. Should I just replace the zerks?

I used to take a rag and clean the fitting with Fantastik or 409, and then I would just poke the fitting with a skinny screwdriver.

 

[JavierH19]

I always use a little pointy pick to push the ball in.

 

[slacktide_bitog]

Just replace the ball joint

One that doesn't have zerk fittings

 

[Trav]

An extreme fix but if they were almost done then sure.

 

[Lubener]

It seems like the zero fittings are clogged. Should I just replace the zerks?

Changing those fittings would be my first step. There may be enough grease in there to last a long time. I wouldn't replace the joints till they get loose or start making noise.

 

[RDMgr]

There are tools for this.

 

[arc_wiz]

Why bother with buying specialty grease zerc tools when the zercs are simple to swap out and are cheap and readily available at any part store..

 

[The motor guy]

Why bother with buying specialty grease zerc tools when the zercs are simple to swap out and are cheap and readily available at any part store..



That's what I was going to ask. I bought some once and the once I bought didn't really want to thread In.

 

[spasm3]

Use a pick to make sure the ball on the zerk opens, if not, replace the zerk.

 

[Snagglefoot]

There are metric and SAE zerks but some counter folks just say to use a socket and force it such that the zerk cuts its own thread. I’ve used the zerk tool with solvent to clean up an inner tie rod end where the zerk was a ways from the actual joint and the blockage was inside the rod and not the zerk. A new zerk did not help in that case.