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Michaeljp86

04-29-2005 13:48:47




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I've got a international potato digger and im fixing it up and on the wheels there is these weird grease fittings that you unscrew the cap and I guess push some grease in. There pretty big and was wondering if anyone knew much about them, what there called how you grease it etc. I've got a old trailer with them on it too, right on the hub between the spokes. If someone could help I would really apreciate it.

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Jake

04-29-2005 21:25:21




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 Re: grease fittings in reply to Michaeljp86, 04-29-2005 13:48:47  
Those are called "grease cups". I doesn't look like anyone completly explained to you how to use them. You unscrew the cap and fill the cap and the base part with grease. Then reinstall the cap. AS you turn down the cap it forces the grease into the bearing or what ever they grease. Do not turn it all the way down right away, only enough to give it the grease it needs at the moment. Then next time it needs greasing just turn down the cap a bit more. No need to run for a grease gun every time. You can also remove the grease cups and replace them with modern grease zerks if you like.

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msb

04-29-2005 20:50:25




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 Re: grease fittings in reply to Michaeljp86, 04-29-2005 13:48:47  
Every farmer had a grease paddle in the bucket of grease to fill the cups.I still remember the paddle my dad had in the grease bucket.It was later used to top off the grease gun when he filled it by sucking grease into the barrel of the gun with the plunger of the gun.



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thurlow

04-30-2005 04:24:28




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 Re: grease fittings in reply to msb, 04-29-2005 20:50:25  
Hey msb, your comment about filling the gun by sucking it up brought back some old memories. Hard to get all the air out of the gun..... .for a few years, you could buy a 5 gal bucket of grease which had a screw-in fitting near the bottomm of the bucket which the grease gun would screw into; worked better than sucking them full from the top, but the throw-away cartridges made them obsolete.



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John51

04-29-2005 15:14:16




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 Re: grease fittings in reply to Michaeljp86, 04-29-2005 13:48:47  
They are before my time but my uncle has them on a belt driven saw. He says fill them with grease and then, every once in a while, screw the cap on a little more to force grease in.



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Joe (Wa)

04-29-2005 15:11:44




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 Re: grease fittings in reply to Michaeljp86, 04-29-2005 13:48:47  
You probably have the manually operated grease cups. The older versions generally had a flat top cap with a knurled ring.

Click on the link and enter "grease cup" in the search thing.

Joe



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JMS/MN

04-29-2005 14:38:58




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 Re: grease fittings in reply to Michaeljp86, 04-29-2005 13:48:47  
Very common on machines that are 50-75 years old. The cap held a bunch of grease, and a few turns every day or so greased the equipment. Era before zerks and grease guns. Still used today- my high pressure washer has the same setup.



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