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Posted by 49Reo
 - January 17, 2014, 17:12:01 PM

I was afraid to open this with that title!!

Posted by CDNRatMan
 - January 16, 2014, 20:03:08 PM

  If you notice I just asked a simple question and they took it off the rails.

the thread would also be metric Troll

D1 I have been taking pictures and making notes so when I post it it will be easy as pie to do it and follow along....

oh are is a picture of my nipples...there was fresh grease in there but not sure if it was enough and remember last fall it was hard but not impossible to pump the grease in so it might have been hit with a rock while riding during the summer, so for the cost of the three I'll just swap them out.......

now if I owned my own tire place I know I would have some in stock for my Drifter buddies.........

Posted by Troll
 - January 16, 2014, 19:35:32 PM

This thread is getting kinda scary!

Posted by Drift1
 - January 16, 2014, 19:31:33 PM

I hope your jotting all this nipple thing going on for the mod section so others know how to replace the rear shock and whether to get big , small , pierced , tattooed or what ever else your doing to the rear end of this bike  ::) ;D ;)

Posted by greenbarn
 - January 16, 2014, 18:51:05 PM

So, are the small nipples preferable to the large ones?  What about the pierced ones?  Oh, wrong forum, my bad.... ;D

Back to zerks, though...   +1 on what Pilgrim and Troll said.  Def go to your local NAPA or Tractor Supply store - you can get a pack for a couple bucks.  The ones on the Kaw are most likely 6x1.0 metric, I would think.  That's the size I used for the neck grease mod I did on my 800.

They make a 90 and 45 deg model too, depending on where it's going, and if there is room (pic in the zerk mod thread:)
http://www.vulcandrifterriders.com/zerkfitting.html

Happy greasing to you.

Posted by Troll
 - January 16, 2014, 17:43:07 PM

Some are metric, some are standard thread. I would suspect that the ones you are dealing with are metric.....the standard ones are 1/4-20.

Posted by Pilgrim
 - January 16, 2014, 17:28:45 PM

I think they are all the same just different sizes. You should be able to find them at an auto parts store. Remove one and take it with you to match the size.
...and stop draggin' your nipples.  ::)

Posted by CDNRatMan
 - January 16, 2014, 15:21:42 PM

        :P ::) ok now that I have your attention.......I took my swing arm off and removed the tie rod from the swing arm, I cleaned everything and checked everything, everything was moving as it should and things looked really good. I turned the tie rod over were the three grease nipples / zerk fittings are. Well seems the center one has taken a hit or something the little ball was not moving. It had grease in it and it was new grease but I decided to replace all three of them, just because and for the price it would be easy. So called the local Kaw place, they have none in stock. They will order it for me and it could take a week to get them......now my question

are they bike or part specific or is a nipple a nipple?

ok thought I would just ask.........

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