Monro tiller grease nipples

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November 4, 2021 at 1:06 pm #38174

mitzygolf
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Hi, can anyone tell me what thread and size the grease nipples are on a 1954 monro tiller please. I can’t get the grease to pump through the originals as they have an end which doesn’t seem to clip into the grease gun. Thanks

November 4, 2021 at 8:16 pm #38178

wristpin
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Sounds as though you have the old “ straight” nipples as used on lots of older kit – vintage cars, Suffolk and Ransomes mowers to name several. You can possibly pick up a pump type gun with a suitable connector at an auto jumble . If lubrication is more important than originality just switch the nipples to modern “snap-on “ ones. ( Type, not the tool seller!). Threads could be BSP or UNF – a Monro tiller collector can probably advise you.
A trick that was used by old school mechanics was to lay a piece of thin clean cotton cloth over the nipple and apply the gun connector over it providing a seal while still allowing grease to be forced through it.

November 4, 2021 at 11:09 pm #38179

mitzygolf
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Thanks. I’ve tried 1/4 bsf and 1/4 bsp. bsf was too small, bsp too big. I will try 1/8 bsp. Fingers crossed. Thanks for your reply

November 5, 2021 at 8:31 am #38180

charlie
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Which grease nipples are you referring to? The ones on the wheel hubs or miller drive.
The wheel hub grease nipple MT632 on later machines is listed as a Tecazerk Type 6082.
GR 10 for MT341 miller drive housing is only listed as grease nipple. I will have a look at one and see if I can work out size.

November 5, 2021 at 9:36 am #38182

mitzygolf
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Hi Charlie, it’s the ones on the Miller drive. Thanks for looking
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