A tip for all the DIY's that grease their own zerks.

Most of the DIY's on TW know this, when I first started doing my own lube this tip would have saved me much headache. After greasing a zerk I would try to pull the nozzle straight off and at times needed to use pliers to get it off. I just did my zerks yesterday and it was so much easier when you tilt the grease pump nozzle 45 degrees to remove it. I used to dread doing mine but using that technique, as well as using this LocknLube greasing fitting when doing the hidden 4x4 zerks. Here: https://locknlube.com/

 

Have these at work on my dewalt 20v grease guns. They work pretty well.

 

I agree the two zerks up front on the 4x4 leave very little room and that LocknLube adapter is what the zerk-lube doctor ordered... so much more pleasant to do.

 

Dewd, you just blew my mind.

 

I've put probably 200-300 tubes of grease through each gun (4 guns in rotation) this past year. They're not leaking unless the zerk is scratched or broken!

8/10 would recommend.

10/10 would be coming up with a way to not need grease...

 

And purchased.

Those front zerks are even harder to access once you add all the skid plates

This has pissed me off since day 1 of owning the truck and realizing I can grease dat shaft. So hard to get the gun to seat correctly and put the grease in.

 

yep...them zerks can be a PIA.....

 

That was my thoughts before using the LocknLube, included with it is a kit to rebuild the adapter if needed. I was always in fear of snapping off a zerk too.

 

I got the kind of fitting that you twist lock onto the zerk. Then twist the other way to release. It works well enough, if I didn't own it already, I'd get the recommended one in this thread. looks much better actually.

 

What part caused your mind to blow?

 

Lol consider myself a pretty savvy dude. And I've never seen these before.
Gotta get me one, looks awesome.

 

+1.

 

What the hell is a zerk

 

grease fitting- (sometimes called a nipple) but usually referred to as a 'zerk'.

edit: evidently the term 'zerk' may come from the inventors' name; I had written that 'zerk' was short for something

 

The lock n lube works great! On our 2012 it worked for all the zerks. Our 2015 proved to be a little more difficult. I used their needle adapter on the front seems and it was easy peasy.....

 

The zerk grease fitting was invented by Oscar Zerk of the Alemite Corporation in 1929.

 

Besides the obvious price difference, can anyone comment on how LockNLube's

$11 LockNLube Narrow Needle Dispenser

Narrow Needle Dispenser compares to their

$42 LockNLube Grease Gun Coupler XL - Extra reach for recessed grease fittings

Grease Coupler XL? Would the XL be better for reaching Tacomas' recessed driveshaft zerks, or is the standard

$33 LockNLube Grease Gun Coupler locks onto Zerk fittings. Grease goes in, not on the machine. World's best-selling original locking grease coupler. Rated 10000 PSI. Long-lasting rebuildable tool.

Coupler sufficient?

 

How often do you grease the zerks? I have a 2013 with 30.000 miles. Is it mandatory? Ive never heard of anyone doing this faithfully lol

 

I do mine when I change the oil, which ends up being about once-a-year.

FWIW, I consider it as "mandatory" as changing the oil.