Zerks?

[oldbusboy]

HI Folks,

I need to order new zerks for my WLC... forks, brake crossover etc. Does anybody know the size so I can order 10 or so?

Thanks!
Trevor

[RCamp]

I believe they are all 5/16"-32

[Steve Swan]

I believe they are all 5/16"-32

yes, they are.

i assume we are referring to button head Alemite zerks. i've been looking the past few weeks on the internet for them and no luck. would like to find them for less than $4 - $5 each such as i find them on our various well known motorcycle vendor sites. Sites like McMaster-Carr, etc only have sizes 1/4" and 3/8"

[Rubone]

I used to buy them from Napa in bulk. Don't know if they still sell them. However the profile was a bit different than OEM. Good luck.

[pisten-bully]

For what it's worth, I got some from a seller on Ebay and they were good. I see he still has them :https://www.ebay.com/itm/1927-38-Ind...item3daa46c8fd

[oldbusboy]

Steve,

These are incorrect?

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Trevor

[Rubone]

Steve,

These are incorrect?

[ATTACH=CONFIG]29973[/ATTACH]

Trevor

Those will work, but the threaded section is longer than H-D used.

[Steve Swan]

Thank you Robbie and Harry for the tips. I'll check out NAPA and and the seller on ebay, $3 is better than anything i've found. Somehow that seller escaped my ebay travels.

[Steve Swan]

Steve,

These are incorrect?

[ATTACH=CONFIG]29973[/ATTACH]

Trevor

Trevor, i don't know what type of zerk later H-D models were fitted with, so i don't know if these "round head type" are correct for what model you intend to fit them to. As i mentioned earlier, i assumed the zerk being referred to is the button head type, i'm only very familiar with the '27 J models, reasonably familiar with 26, 28 and 29 and they all were fitted with button heads from the factory. Thanks for opening up this thread.

[MMasa]

Steve
Colony Machine sells Alemite fitting for your JD
Mark

[Rubone]

Trevor, i don't know what type of zerk later H-D models were fitted with, so i don't know if these "round head type" are correct for what model you intend to fit them to. As i mentioned earlier, i assumed the zerk being referred to is the button head type, i'm only very familiar with the '27 J models, reasonably familiar with 26, 28 and 29 and they all were fitted with button heads from the factory. Thanks for opening up this thread.

Those are Alemite fittings.

[vph-d]

You can get both early and late 9851 zerk fittings from Old Dude Vintage Parts in Georgia. 770-921-3825
VPH-D

[ammorest]

1937 and earlier used the "button head" Alemite grease fittings and 1938 and later used the "round head" zerk grease fittings. Colony has both in a package of six. There are two versions of the zerk fittings; 1938-1954 and 1955 and up. The difference being the spring loaded ball that lets grease in and keeps dirt out. The later version has a visible ball and the early version has the ball recessed so it's not visible. Guess they finally realized that putting the ball at the opening of the hole would keep more dirt and water out. The ones Colony has are the later version. Don't know of anyone offering the early version at this time.
Dave

[oldbusboy]

I'll try Colony.

I went to my local part store.. they have lots of zerks, but not the right size for my bike. They suggested I head to the tractor parts store .. ha ha

Trevor

[Scoot48]

You might try TomsNOSParts for the #0340 alemite grease fittings. $3.00 ea? I think.