Front beam grease fittings

I installed my bumper brackets and they crowd my grease fittings.

If I had thought about it before installing the brackets I could have installed 45 degree fittings that stick out a bit more. Now there isn't enough room to screw them in.

I can't take the brackets off because the fiberglass panels are attached and glassed to the fenders.

Does anyone know if there is such a thing as an 8mm grease fitting extension?

Thanks.

Yes you can get tall angled metric Zurks . Try Mcmaster carr.com

Drill new holes tap and insert new nipples....

Another option......Plug holes with apropriate size pannel plugs, if you can lube the stock fittings.....Makes the next lube job simpler...
Not sure of body/zerk relation ship in the car, as I drive a Spyder....Just a thought....

Re-Read...you post. You mean you cannot plug the holes...AhhhKeeYYyyy!!1

Can you have limited access to the holes to be able to screw a bolt in? If you lift out the tank, does it give you access from above?

I imagine is you can't get access no matter what, that some liquid steel would harden enough to cover the holes. You may be able to spread it evenly with a small stick...

Whatever you do you will need to fit some new ones which is EZ enough.

Leave them alone right where they are.

Let's face it - you can't get to them anyway.

Drill a couple of new holes an inch or so away from the originals in the direction toward the wheel at an angle/space that's easy to get to. The idea is to get the fitting somewhere in between the two bearings that are in there.

Zerk fittings are press-ins. Make the hole the right size for the fitting base, then put a small socket over the nose of the new grease fitting, line it up and give a couple of light whacks with a sm-med hammer to make it seat (shouldn't take much).

You can also get grease fittings that are threaded. Same deal - make the hole the right size and tap it if you have a tap. Watch out, though - many of those fittings are fine thread.

That's it.

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I think he meant the holes are there, the bumper bracket is in place and the grease zerts are in this hand..... otherwise yes...

What are the secrets of drilling a new holes in the front beam for zerk fitings?

Can this be done with the torsions leaves in place, or must they be removed Ugghhh?

Dimensionally, how far from the end of the beam can I drill new holes and still clear inner bushings? I have no dimensions of stuff on the inside of the beam.

How would you tap a drilled hole? Zerks I have seen are tapered pipe threads. I've never seen a bottom tap for a pipe thread. Are zerks also available with straignt threads?

I am in your hands. Thanks.

Thanks for your replies.

The fittings are in place on the beam.

They are 8mm and seem to be straight threads.

The problem is that the bumper bracket crowds the side of the fittings and makes it hard to get the grease gun over the fitting.

I was hoping there is some kind of extension that move the fitting out beyond the vertical bar on the bumper bracket that the U-bolts go through.

I will also be installing some of the beam braces that would crowd the other side of the lower grease fittings.

If I drill & tap new holes for relocated fittings I am a little concerned about shavings getting inside of the beam and I also don't know whether I need to worry about hitting the torsion leaves.

I discovered that the 45 degree fittings come apart. The angled part can be unscrewed so the straight base can be installed in the beam. Then I can put the angled part back on the base of the fittings.

"Where there's a will, there's a way."

At least you didn't have to resort to the BFH.

I have that problem in my car but I just loosen the brackets and push them a little to the side to make way for the grease gun hose. After I'm done with the grease I tighten up the brackets again.