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Default 2002 TJ Steering Linkage Grease Points - 05-18-2007 , 02:05 PM






Does anyone know what thread size the grease nipples are on the front
steering linkages on the TJ. I want to swap them to concave design
ones.

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Nick

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Default Re: 2002 TJ Steering Linkage Grease Points - 05-18-2007 , 03:11 PM






Nick wrote:
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Does anyone know what thread size the grease nipples are on the front
steering linkages on the TJ. I want to swap them to concave design
ones.

Cheers
Nick
All the ones I have seen are self tapping ones with tapered threads. I
think I would pull one to take in to the store just to get the right
diameter.

Mike
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Default Re: 2002 TJ Steering Linkage Grease Points - 05-19-2007 , 01:52 AM



Mike Romain wrote:

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Nick wrote:
Does anyone know what thread size the grease nipples are on the front
steering linkages on the TJ. I want to swap them to concave design
ones.

Cheers
Nick

All the ones I have seen are self tapping ones with tapered threads. I
think I would pull one to take in to the store just to get the right
diameter.

Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
(More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
Somebody, somewhere, has come up with a "better idea" in the last few years.
I've had 3 different foreign brands in the garage over the last few months
where I needed to add/change a grease nipple and it seems like every time
I've run into the "close but no cigar" case - apparently there are a couple
of sizes where the metric/SAE threads are just enough different to defeat
the self-tapping design and I couldn't get them ot go in for love nor
money. I now have a drawer SAE and a drawer of metric nipples and I can't
reliably tell the difference even with a caliper and thread gauge - but
they are definitely not interchangable - got the skinned knuckles to prove
that.

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