HIWIN Grease Fitting Extension

[Raz]

Just got around to doing some general maintenance on the router recently and found that I had messed up on the Y-Axis design, by not leaving enough space to access the grease fitting:



I don't really want to start disassembling things to get temporary access, as everything's lined up/trammed nicely now - so was wondering if anyone knew of a way so that I can grease this in it's installed position? Maybe some sort of ~10mm long M6x1 male to female extension which I could install temporarily in-between the two so that the fitting clears the Y axis base plate enough to get the grease gun onto it?

Cheers,
Raz

[Web Goblin]

Grease nipple extensions are fairly standard. Getting one should be simple enough. If you have a lathe they are very easy to make.

[Raz]

Grease nipple extensions are fairly standard. Getting one should be simple enough. If you have a lathe they are very easy to make.

Thanks, unfortunately I don't currently have a lathe but am on the look out.

Do you have any recommendations on a supplier/eBay shop for these please? As all I've found so far are thread reducers when searching for this.

[Web Goblin]

I think we used Moore international for the stuff we used at work but I made some at home because they were a lot cheaper. How many do you need?

[Raz]

I think we used Moore international for the stuff we used at work but I made some at home because they were a lot cheaper. How many do you need?

Great, thanks for that - I will have a look on there site.

I would be needing 1 or 2 off, as it's just a temporary extension I would use whenever I need to grease the bottom Y axis carriages.

[Raz]

Whilst searching for Moore International on google, I ran into these guys. http://shop.hle.co.uk/shop/grease-eq...on-pieces.html
Seems to do the job (as long as the hex head doesn't clash with the rail) so will give them a go. Cheers.