<VV> Needle lube

[Mark Durham]

I bought mine at a Sears auto center, had been looking and when in for
tires, found it. Fits on the end of a grease gun and can get in to do the
u-joints on my EM. Was about 8 bucks.
Mark Durham

On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 2:20 PM, Mel Francis <mfrancis at wi.rr.com> wrote:

> That sounds like a neat idea! I've always used the old hand-pack method.
>
> But going with your grease-injecting technique, I'd use a disposable
> plastic
> syringe, normally
> used in composites for injecting resin into voids and available at West
> Marine online.
>
> Here's a link:
>
> http://www.westmarine.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/producte/10001/-1/10001/28491/377%20710/0/resin%20syringes/Primary%20Search/mode%20matchallpartial/0/0?N=377%20710&Ne=0&Ntt=resin%20syringes&Ntk=Primary%20Search&Ntx=mode%20matchallpartial&Nao=0&Ns=0&keyword=resin%20syringes&isLTokenURL=true&storeNum=95&subdeptNum=674&classNum=674
>
> They'd be great for getting between the rollers, without ever having to
> worry about scratching any surfaces and will never break.
> These are fairly small and might have to be refilled a couple of times, but
> I'll give it a try myself, on my next opportunity.
>
> Mel
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Harry Yarnell" <hyarnell1 at earthlink.net>
> To: "corvair" <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 2010 3:21 PM
> Subject: <VV> Needle lube
>
>
> > I've got a hypodermic needle on the end of a grease gun used to inject
> > grease in between the rollers of roller bearings. Works great, until I
> > broke it, Can't remember where I bought it and can't find it at
> Eastwood's
> > or Harbor Freight. Anybody know where I can get such an animal?
> > I was thinking of hitting the hospital ER, but I'm not sure they'd
> > understand.
> >
> > Harry Yarnell
> > Perryman Garage and Orphanage
> > hyarnell1 at earthlink.net
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