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Originally Posted by Papa Rick
Any advice on how to get a fitting to take grease? I have already replaced the fitting and still cannot get it to take grease? I have 2 on my Truck and 4 on my Trailer that I cannot get to take grease.
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That's usually a sign that at some point in the truck's past it was not greased often enough.
I've run into this a time or 2 when I bought a used truck that was neglected by it's previous owner.
What happens is that stale grease combines with dirt that has worked it's way into the parts, and the resulting mixture hardens in the grease passage, making it impossible for the new grease to get through.
Is it the pins on the ends of the springs that are doing this?
That's where I've usually seen it happen.
You can try to warm up the pin with a torch to try and liquify the hardened material that's jammed in there, and then quickly put the grease gun on there & try to force some grease in while it's warm.
Don't overdo it with the heat! If warming it up doesn't work, then the pin will have to come out, and the grease passage will have to be cleaned out.
Unless you are experienced with disassembling & reassembling this kind of stuff, I would recommend taking it to a mechanic if it has to come apart in order to get it to take grease.