You'll have to drill and tap the cap for a grease fitting. Make sure you buy/order a grease fitting with a thread size and pitch you can tap. They come in SAE, metric, tapered, straight, etc. I recommend you buy a stainless fitting. They are readily available online. mscdirect sells them.
If you are going to add a hose to the grease cup cap, that's a whole different can of worms. I'll let one of the listers that has added a hose speak to that. Dennis C. Touche' 35-1 #83 Mandeville, LA On Fri, Apr 26, 2019 at 1:52 PM Matthew Schlanger via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > Getting excited about getting back on the water. > but... > > I have a dumb question, and > I see there are other posts about the rudder squeaking, some were thinking > the same as was suggested to me locally, extend the fitting with a hose. > > Can I be confident that the squeaking issue is simply a grease problem? > Should I be concerned about stains that look like old grease dripped down > the post housing? > I am posting a picture here. I assume this is my grease cap. > > https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Na_wgHls_FKZ3TSl8GkxK7x5ObJPuvfU/view?usp=sharing > > Does anyone know the fitting size and where I might get an extension hose > and proper fitting to extend this out? > Getting to the rudder post sucks. You have to take off the scupper hose at > least, so extending this is a good idea as suggested by others. > > Sorry in advance, I feel stupid on this one. Is that cap supposed to open > to get grease into it? Or am I supposed to unscrew it? > > Thanks > > Ignorant as ever > > Matthew Schlanger > The Office > C&C 35 mk3 > Nyack NY > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each > and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - > use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > >
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