61 years on the planet, and I did NOT know that the grease gun could be turned open/closed to lock onto the zerk!!! THANK YOU!!!

That tecnique was done once to my car in Mexico i asked for a grease service then i saw the guy with that needle extension on the greaser gun I was about to cancel the service but decided to first watch him, which obviously turn out to be a very good technique. Considering some parts dont have the zert fittings. Good video this type of info is very much appreciated so to stop buying auto parts that are not supposed to wear out that fast, but sadly designed that way on purpose.

To protect and add longer life to your rubber C.V.,tie rod boots, apply vegetable oil to the surface. It is petrolium free and won't rot the rubber,and,keeps them pliable in very cold climate.I'm in Canada,and it works great.My car is 13 yrs. old + all original rubber is intact.

Great video. I had ordered a fancy, expensive grease fitting online, and the design was so poor, you couldn't grease any lawn equipment or any Zerk fittings in tight places. Returned it; then found out that normal fittings were indeed adjustable, and ordered a pair of two new regular fittings for my pair of twenty-year-old grease guns, which now fit perfectly on any Zerk fitting. I found out about the adjustability of regular fittings about a year ago, but wish I'd known decades ago. Had the needle sitting in my tool cabinet - now I know how to use it on some clicking CV joints. Thanks again for your tips.

That is so right! You do it yourself to get the best job done. Didn’t know about the needle use. Thanks a ton

Yes, you learn something everyday. Now I know why my similar grease gun has a hard time going on to some zerk fittings. Love the needle zerk fitting combo. I still may have some large bore needles from my medical profession days. I do have some zerk fittings and now I can marry them and they can do something useful. Great tip.

That's got to be the coolest trick I've seen on KZfaq so far for doing any of this stuff I just figured out that the van I have has no grease fittings I'm going to go look for one of those needles things tomorrow and grease the stupid thing up thank you so much for that

Car companies want us to buy the whole damn replacement part so they don't put grease ports on things with bearings anymore.

Cool deal brother! Thank you! My mother's tie rod is sounding dry and was like wtf! There's no fittings what the hell! Thank you sir.

I never knew about this Basil's Cafe needle grease adapter. On Amazon they also call it a Grease Injection Needle. Great tip. Thanks so much. LIKE!

Been around cars and bikes all my life . Did not know that the needle existed thank you. Now to find one, I think it is must have.

Thank you for posting this video. I have a customer with a 98 Lincoln Navigator with front and rear suspension squeaks..... He has tried w-d40 and other sprays. I'm going to try this with needle today when he comes in for oil change and surprise him.

I also did not know about the locking feature of the grease gun. I thought it was just really hard to remove. Thanks!

/ Your vid helped give me an idea . I got a 98 Mustang GT and it has no grease zerts on the front end . so after watching your vid I had the idea to use a syringe on the closed rubber boots and etc' . I had some laying around the shed from giving my dogs there shots . it worked like a charm . I just took off the metal tip than shot grease into it from the grease gun . I know this comment is realy long but thank you for getting me started anyway .

I have that little needle and you are right it works but I never knew I could loosen the grease gun end to get it on sometimes I used pliers to force it on now I dont have to, double THANKS .

Thanks !! I’m gonna do this !

Thank you very much I did not know this application would work I thought about buying a giant syringe but I could not figure out how to get the grease in the syringe you just saved people thousands of dollars I do not believe these parts will go bad if they're constantly greased at least not as fast thank you

Had No idea about the jaws.explains alot

After you do it, get some permatex rtv silicon adhesive, put some on a q tip and wipe over hole, sealed till next application. 😊

Good video

If you are going to add grease to ball joints or steering rods, separate the Morris taper, fill the inside of the boot, reassemble. The grease will work its way where it needs to go over time. If you pierce the boot, you are asking for trouble allowing water to enter and rust the joint.. Dissimilar materials such as rubber/steel do not need lubrication but a little silicon spray can help.

You can use crc red and ready spray, goes in like penetrating spray and sets up as high temp, drip proof ep2 gease !!

79 Chevy k10 upper ball joint grease fitting is literally 1mm away from the u-joint. This will extend the life of said ball joints 👍

I use liquid electrical tape to seal boot after adding grease works great...

Don't grease between the leaves. They dampen suspension oscillations using interleaf friction and grease would inhibit that.

control arm bushings are the biggest pain in the neck to change. Or you can just buy the whole control arm with bushings and ball joint.

You can also grease wheel bearings that don't have zerk firtings and it beats smearing that stuff on your hands and packing the bearing. The needle will fit in tight places.

I used the syringe that came with my printer ink-refill kit to add grease to my ball joint. Only one because it was making noise. It is holding up well. I blocked the hole with silicone when done. When I get around to it I will change them both. They seems firm still for now.

Great ideas to use that grease needle on! Anybody ever told you, you sound like Bill Murray in Caddyshack?? "Cinderella boy, tears in his eyes...350yds to the pin, he takes out his 8 iron...It's a mirac...It's in the hole!!" LOL

Great Video! Thanks. You should have been employed by NASA years ago! Humanity would have had colonies on Mars already. Thanks my man.

I couldn't be arsed fannying about like this. My life is so full

Very informative video ! Anyone think he kind of sounds like Carl Spackler ? lol .

I wouldn't call the grease needle a trick since that's what it's designed for, but the trick may be knowing which type of grease to use. Older sintered bearing ball joints and tie rod ends usually had a factory load of lithium grease and should be relubed with moly fortified lithium grease. Same for metal on metal wheel bearings. Sealed for life bearing on the other hand, often use a plastic (polymer) bearing and should have thick silicone grease added - as thick as will pump through the needle. Any rubber bushings on suspension should also have silicone grease though it doesn't need to be as viscous as that put in socket-joint construction bearings.

Thank you man! Who knew. Freaking awesome. Buying one tomorrow.

Awesome Video I have done this but never sealed it and yet when it's warmer outside could leak a bit. What type of weather stripping would you use? Thanks again.

He said that one part didn't have a zerk fitting and it's right there sticking out of the bottom.It's around 3:20, looks like the pittman arm. There's many things you can put on a rubber bushing to quiet it down. Most will cause it to swell up and then start coming apart. So you're actually shortening it's life in the long run. It's not that hard to drill and tap them IF you can get access to that spot.

Also get a bottle of 303 Rubber conditioner spray on and spray all ruber bushing even the fan belt and it will make those rubber parts last forever.

Thanks for the info👍

On Lincoln LS steering joints the rubber is held down with a split ring on the large part of the rubber boot. You could prob slide the grease hypo in the other end of the joint if you can remove the castellated nut, slap the hole where the threaded part of the ball joint is held by the nut. Then slide in grease and not make any holes to plug up. It is just hard to take off the shaft when an interference fit and tapered area on the shaft is present.

I actually got a pointer from a friend who I'll be honest does the illegal shroom. he says that some people that grow shrooms use the red RTV silicone gasket on holes in the top of cans to make a refillable Port that they can inject spores through and is sterile. you'll need to let it sit for 24 hours just a really make sure it's dried and then you got a red spot that you know is the injection point and it reseals. These rumors put these cans multiple times through pressure cookers and growing Chambers even people who grow normal mushrooms like oysters and such will use these from time to time. I've been thinking of using it myself whenever making mixtures and Labs that way we don't have to buy more expensive equipment for mixtures that just don't need dust getting into them. so take tips from the schirmer's and use that red RTV silicone sealer. I think there's also a copper looking one that should pose to be a hundred degrees higher and temperature that at all tolerate but it's something like over 700 degrees Fahrenheit

He sounds like the monster Michael Franzese

Damn good idea!!! I bought a meat syringe from a liquidation store for a buck. I don't use it much.Now I have a much better use for it!!!! All i need to do is put a self tapping grease fitting on the end of it to adapt to the grease gun. Perfect!!! I was considering drilling and putting fittings on my tie rod ends but take the chance that i might bugger them up. Now no need to!!! Plus greasing all the bushings. Great advice!!!! Thanks much!!!!

wondering if you could drill for new grease fittings

i used an actual needle and syringe filled it up with 30 weight motor oil and that worked great

I rewatched this did to see the zert fitting get adjusted l learned something from you thank you much for this video

Thanks for this idea. Much obliged.

I have that needle in my kit and I never knew what it was for,now I know.Thanks.

Thanks for posting.

Nice I will do this for my outer tie ends till I get new ones, I detached mine when installing new struts and new rack and pinion bushings and squeezed a little bit of grease when I used a tie rod removal tool. It wasn't much but better safe then sorry.

how much is it to have a general greasing for car joints?

Sway bar and leaf spring bushings should not be greased unless they are polyurethane, and in that case, a special grease must be used - silicone based, I believe. Rubber bushings should be left DRY. They rely on twisting with the metal, unlike a polyurethane bushing, which relies on the bar sliding inside. This is why rubber should not be lubed - and besides, certain greases can increase the rate at which the rubber degrades, as well.

Thanks man!!! Appreciate it a lot!!!

Best video yet

I have had one exactly like yours for years. I agree

Great video! And btw, you sound almost exactly like my favorite character from Trailer Park Boys (Julian)

Thanks ! On my Nissan Titan I inject grease into the ball joints boot and the squeak gone , the mechanic want 550 for replace the ball joint ! Thanks again .... the only I didn’t do was seal the hole with weather silicone I hope nothing happen

Great ideas, very thorough, very true about the long term benefits. I will use these ideas. Btw I use AT 205 on my grease gun hoses, reinvigorates the rubber, could save you some cash long term I use it on anything rubber let it sit for the night and its good, I buy mine at Sears. I hear some guys use it in their engines and trans, but I haven't,Jjust fyi thought maybe you'd want to check it out.

I need to do that with my Trail Blazer. I replaced the front ball joints and the damn grease zerks didnt even work,brand new out of the box. I had to replace them all. Then two of them fell out after a while,so it doesnt even have a couple.

Be careful. The needle breaks easily.

Good info, thanks

Great help. I am doing a lube job on my Lincoln 2003 Lincoln Navigator . You showed stuff I did not know thank you

Thanks Randy

No issues fitting grease nipples to ball joints then again sometimes just replace the joints since there not too expensive in 2019

thank you so much for this! I never knew about this and my ball joints In my 03 mustang GT are squealing and it's driving me crazy I just didn't want to replace ball joints due to it being such a hassle but I know it's because they're dry and now because of this great video I will now be able to grease them THANK YOU SO MUCH

Awesome video. One question that came up is how do you know its actually high quality Vs. Low quality? I saw on youtube the video of the man going around and stealing the burger restaurant grease. Is this grease from cooking animal meat the same grease we know and love and inject into our rubber boots and hard to penetrate polyurethane bushings? I know with one. Bought from NAPA today, The white bottle that reminds me of the hair gel. Engine and transmission rebuild grease. My guess is the hottest temperatures reached in automobile is somewhere inside the engine? Do you know what the hottest temperature ever reached inside an engine of a car was ever recorded? With the OBD-II to USB interface & laptop or some USB Active I/O serial interface, its actually easy to configure the computer to display a screen, or even create a log file of your test drives for client vehicles. Today, I was assisting with a 2006 Honda Civic Hybrid that the owner did not take care of well. First issue was car would not boot on. Starting with battery, I logged my car's off volts, and the battery they had for the car. First give away: their battery did not reach double digits. :(. Honda provides the 10 year battery for purchasing from the dealership. Don't quote me on this, but I think they actually pro-rate the price of the replacement even if the battery fails to perform as intended. Anyway, I'm all about asking the questions and curved syringe tips. I can't wait to find one so I can stick it into all my rubber suspension boots. They are making some great noises.

Good Job Sir!!

I could not get that at auto zone in my area

Where you get the needle fitting at

I tried this with a thicker much thicker needle and it seemed as tho I put air along with it from sorenge and ended up with grease pushing out on its own minutes after? any ideas.. oh and name of grease you used??

How would you grease a driveshaft with no zerk fittings?

Thank you for doing this. great information !!!!!!!!!!!

Where did you find it????

Great info and thanks

Thanks for tip

I knew about the greasing of the none grease part's, but not the tightening of the grease gun fitting. 🤦🏻‍♂️👍🏻

Thank you!!

Good informative video. You from Ohio?

What do you call the needle extension ?

"I'm gonna tighten dese jowss". lol . Thanks for sharing.

we had one years ago, it was called a grease injector

Normally, rubber vibration mounts, as in rubber, don't like petroleum... grease should go on metal-metal? No? I hear some "Deliverance" in this.

What size needle and where can I get it

cool, thanks for sharing

just an fyi...some ball joints and tie/toe rods have plugs..remove the plugs and you may strike gold with zerk ready inserts...

I wouldn't be putting grease in those spring bushings and such. There is no moving parts, just the twisting of the rubber.

Sounds like Carl from Caddyshack

Can I order that online

I'm just curious but when joints that don't have grease fitting typically last longer and when they actually need grease it's time to replace them so why wouldn't you just replace them. I personally am a fan of non greaseable parts because I never know how often to grease them. A lot of people say every 3 months some say every 6mo some once a year and some once every 2 years. Why do they need so much grease lol. I've had parts on my vehicles for 10 plus years that still perform like they should which is my monies worth if ya ask me. 10 years maintenance free in happy lol. I can see if you only had 1 vehicle and no time maybe doing something to quiet it down until you can get to it but still. I just found out recently a shop put an aftermarket part on my vehicle with a zirk fitting and I'm pissed. I had it to purchase a fitting for my grease gun because there wasn't any room to grease the stupid thing.

Is he trying to show off his new pep boy cornell tires

Anywhere there are rubber against metal there’s not supposed to have grease the grease will soften the rubber and u will have a worse problem these needles are made for c v joints or ball joints that don’t have a grease fittings

that isn't a zerk in the bottom of that joint? I didn't know about the adjustable end either, I knew they turned.

What kind of Grease would you recommend for Boat Trailer Leaf Springs?

If your regreaseing or adding grease to a new part make sure to remove as much of the original grease as possible because its bad to mix different types of grease. Could end up worse than just leaving it alone.

Pistol grip pumps are for weekend warriors. Anyone who greases machinery goes lever action. Where do you get the needle

Isn't this just filling up the boot not where the parts are rubbing against eachother

on permanent lubed ball joints and tie rod ends, there is no grease ways to permitting tha grease to make its way around the ball so usually, a grease fitting is not the answer. Usually, I release the mounting stem and I insert the injector needle between the them and the boot so I don't make damage to the boot. Usually, I use a moly type grease as usually, the original fill is made with this type of grease.

Second 0:24 , thats what she said haha

Buy fittings or replacement parts with fittings. Using a needle is some times a last resort but only to get the grease in a fitting you can't get a Grease gun connector on. There is no simple fix like you suggest to properly do the job.

Hey this was helpful thank you. I have a question is there any way to grease ball joint's on a atv that have no fitting's? I do not want to crack the rubber boot's. Thank's again.

Can we see some freak'in grease goo out of some shit please. That's what I came here for LOL.