Broken off drive in grease fittings

T.R.K. · Jun 21, 2023

I broke off both drive-in grease fittings in the front axle of my Cub Cadet. Is it possible to get the rest out so I can change them?

flying belgian · Jun 21, 2023

Just drill a new hole right aside of them and tap and screw in some zerks.

NDIHC · Jun 21, 2023

Turn a sheet metal screw into the broken zerk and clamp on a vice grip, then pry it out with a bar. Tap the hole and put in a real zerk.

Fixingfarmer · Jun 21, 2023

A lot of the time those things just plain fall out and if I go to dig them out nothings really in the hole. Makes it easy to just tap the hole and go

DoubleO7 · Jun 22, 2023

(quoted from post at 22:35:41 06/21/23) Just drill a new hole right aside of them and tap and screw in some zerks.

Unless you plug the old hole with another zerk or a plug, wouldn't the grease just make a u turn and not go where it is needed?

Fritz Maurer · Jun 22, 2023

A cub cadet? Just jack it up and take the spindles out... punch the broken piece all the way through.

mlauk · Jun 22, 2023

Drive the old broken zerk in further with the new zerk.