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  • ArtP
    Junior Member
    • Jul 2022
    • 11

    #1

    Grease port?

    Has anyone tried drilling a small ? 1/16? ? hole in the foot of the strut to allow additional grease application without having to remove the shaft? At the end of the session, I would pull, inspect, clean and regrease. Not sure I said that very clearly. Just wondering if that?s a good idea.
  • Bande1
    Senior Member
    • Mar 2023
    • 684

    #2
    they make continuous shaft oilers

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    they also make struts with grease nipples
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    • ArtP
      Junior Member
      • Jul 2022
      • 11

      #3
      Yep, I’ve seen those and variations on the theme. I was just thinking that the nipple doesn’t actually seal the hole, so why not just drill a small hole? I was hoping somebody else had tried before I go destroy an expensive strut

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      • NativePaul
        Greased Weasel
        • Feb 2008
        • 2760

        #4
        The ETTI struts have such a hole to oil the bearings between runs, but they use ball bearings so a thin oil is needed and that can easily be squirted in with a straw on a can, or a needle from a syringe, I dont know how you would get grease for a bushing down a hole that small.
        Paul Upton-Taylor, Greased Weasel Racing.

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        • 1coopgt
          Senior Member
          • Feb 2019
          • 413

          #5
          That is how my 1/8th scale strut is set up but it uses oil in the strut assembly . Using Piano wire drive. If you have a really small tip on your grease gun I can see it working.
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          • ArtP
            Junior Member
            • Jul 2022
            • 11

            #6
            I have a tube of the blue marine grease, can?t recall the brand, and the pump that screws onto it. I measured the tip at about 3/32?. The stream of grease it pumps out is very thin. So, yes, it has a very small tip.

            It was just a random thought. I?ll probably just keep doing what everyone else does ? pull shaft, clean, inspect, grease, re-install.

            Thanks everyone!

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            • Bande1
              Senior Member
              • Mar 2023
              • 684

              #7
              its good to clean it and wipe off any water anyway.

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              • koen
                Senior Member
                • Mar 2020
                • 358

                #8
                i have in a my struts and stingers a lube hole ,i use quicksilver 2-4 grease from mercury works perfect and strut and stinger bearings live long (i use a dynamite grease gun it fits on the grease tube)

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                • Notoriousone
                  Member
                  • Oct 2022
                  • 65

                  #9
                  I agree with Bande1, I could keep my shafts greased without removing them, but I do it anyway to get the few water drops on them off as I dont want rusted shafts. That will happen eventually if not removed

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