2002 TJ Steering Linkage Grease Points
 

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

Re: 2002 TJ Steering Linkage Grease Points
 

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)

Re: 2002 TJ Steering Linkage Grease Points
 

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)

Re: 2002 TJ Steering Linkage Grease Points
 

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)

Re: 2002 TJ Steering Linkage Grease Points
 

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)

Re: 2002 TJ Steering Linkage Grease Points
 

Mike Romain wrote:

> 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.

--
Will Honea

Re: 2002 TJ Steering Linkage Grease Points
 

Mike Romain wrote:

> 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.

--
Will Honea

Re: 2002 TJ Steering Linkage Grease Points
 

Mike Romain wrote:

> 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.

--
Will Honea

Re: 2002 TJ Steering Linkage Grease Points
 

Mike Romain wrote:

> 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.

--
Will Honea