- Use a slide hammer with a locking plier attachment to clamp to the end of the grease fitting.
- Operate the slide hammer with several solid strikes to loosen the fitting.
- Continue this action until the fitting is completely removed from its mating component.
How do you grease hard to get fittings?
Remove the existing grease fitting, screw in a length of grease hose to the fitting, and add a female grease fitting on the other end of the grease hose. Now you have an easy-to-reach grease fitting that feeds into those tight spots.2017-04-28