New ORD custom leafs

[TJ1978]

Just got my Blazer back. New Thrush weld exhaust and ORD custom rear leaf springs installed along with their greaseable rear shackles and new bushings. I did order new U bolts that were too bit big. The threads stop far too soon. So I’m going see if @Stephen ORD will let me swap them out.

raised the rear up to be more level as the old springs and bushing had run their course, saggy, cracked etc.

Happy with it on the drive home. Once the springs settle, if they do I think a rear sway bar may be called for but we’ll see.

Also what grease do you guys recommend for the bushing?

 

[Wes Harden]

water resistance, grease. Looks good

 

[TJ1978]

water resistance, grease. Looks good

This? I just need to get the needle fitting for my grease gun.

Amazon.com

 

[centexk5]

I use lucas red and tacky for everything.

 

[Wes Harden]

a normal female grease gun nozzle should go on that zerk.

 

[TJ1978]

a normal female grease gun nozzle should go on that zerk.

Yeah but on ORD instructions it says not to use it as it could break the zirk

 

[TJ1978]

I use lucas red and tacky for everything.

Link? ORD says use a chasis grease? I don’t know what to buy. Hahahahaha

 

[Wes Harden]

Ok, I used the snap on style and didn't have any trouble, I do have several needle tips but hardly ever use. I guess you can't get good seal with needle, and force the zerk out with to much grease. It would be easy to do. I guess 40+ years of lubing cars and equipment has given me a feel.

 

[TJ1978]

I looked around for chasis grease. I already this red type stuff in my gun that i used on the steering Zirks.
Can I use that on the shackles bushings?

 

[Wes Harden]

sure can

 

[TJ1978]

Ok...
Man, I haven’t read one good review for the needle fittings for grease guns. They all break from the pressure of the grease. Jeez....

 

[bp71k5]

Ok...
Man, I haven’t read one good review for the needle fittings for grease guns. They all break from the pressure of the grease. Jeez....

I got one at the auto parts store and it’s been fine. I originally used the snap one style but when you go to pull off the fitting, the zerk would come out.

 

[rampage]

Is it possible to replace the ORD press in zerk with a flush style that threads in? Not even sure they exist or if threading the bolt head would remove too much material and weaken it. Just tossing out an idea.

 

[Wes Harden]

Is it possible to replace the ORD press in zerk with a flush style that threads in? Not even sure they exist or if threading the bolt head would remove too much material and weaken it. Just tossing out an idea.

Thread in zerks have very little thread. and is tapered. If you had a tap to match it should work. I don't think that the zerk would cut it's own threads, as designed. You can also find zerks with machine threads

 

[centexk5]

Link? ORD says use a chasis grease? I don’t know what to buy. Hahahahaha

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You can buy it at o’reilly’s. It’s called Lucas red and tackey. Use it in everything from hubs to bushings, trucks to tractors. It’s a chassis grease.

 

[1-ton]

Is it possible to replace the ORD press in zerk with a flush style that threads in? Not even sure they exist or if threading the bolt head would remove too much material and weaken it. Just tossing out an idea.

I had an ORD shackle bolt zerk fitting go bad on me. When I tried to remove it like a standard zerk is when I realized they where pressed in. All I did was the next time I needed to take apart my shackles again I just greased up all the shackle bolts before reinstalling them.

 

[Blue85]

Don't expect the springs to settle much. They start at the height you ordered (based on the numbers you provided) and stay there.

 

[Big Ray]

Don't expect the springs to settle much. They start at the height you ordered (based on the numbers you provided) and stay there.

That is good to know!

 

[Fordum]

Many years ago, I kept having problems with greasing the rollers on my cantilever gate. The zerks were really short, and most of the time the roller would move when I was trying to take the coupler off.
Wound up breaking some of them.
Fortunately they were the thread in type, and most of the time it was fairly easy to get the broken off part out and thread in a new one.
I could loosen the barrel of the grease gun fitting slightly and it would come off. But I sometimes broke the fitting trying to loosen the barrel.
Cheap fittings.
Finally I bought one of these:

LockNLube Grease Couplers

The LockNLube® Grease Coupler and LockNLube® Grease Coupler XL. Shop now and get free shipping on all orders to the U.S. over $25.

locknlube.com

Locks on good and tight, then releases with the lever.

That grease gun blew away in the hurricane, and I have been greasing my tractor with a regular gun. After almost breaking a couple of zerks, I remembered this and just ordered one.
You might check out their other stuff, they have pretty much whatever you need to maintain zerk fittings.

 

[6872xtc]

Those lock and lube couplers work very well. The only drawback to them is that they are longer and get bigger at the release handle. That doesn't always work for every situation. We have been using them at the shop for a few guns, and have only had to replace a couple of the o rings inside them on probably 6 couplers.