Indy Lite grease zerk repair

[volcano buster]

Since I had the motor out anyway, I thought I would tackle this. The lower steering mount on the Lite's have a pressed in zerk. Mine was broken off and short of easy ideas on how to repair it, I came up with this.

Cleaned off area, rough sanded side of 1/4-28 nut and mating surface on steering mount, taper ground the end of the bolt so it would stay over the grease port and clamped together. J-B weld around nut and let dry. Once it is dry I can back the bolt out, paint, then insert grease zerk and grease.

Not a lot of pressure on it, so the J-B weld should hold fine and make a leak-proof seal.

 

[mtbroncrider]

I have that same plan for my duaghters sled next summer

Broke hers off greasing it this fall

 

[volcano buster]

I ended up buying a well loved rental sled for parts (Indy Lite) that maintenance must not have been in its vocabulary.

On these older sleds, make sure you are squeezing enough grease out the pivot tubes, or have the thin metal shims to protect the aluminum. This was just one side where the rear scissor rotated. I can only imagine how long it had been since it saw grease (Minnesota comes to mind...). The bearings in the idlers were mostly shot too.

 

[Kraven]

ADDING ZERKS

To add ZERK fitting

I take a 1/2" round bar stock and "baloney slice" a 3/8" piece off the end and tap it to 1/4" fine thread.

(If the finished appearance is a non-issue, you can simply use a 1/4" fine thread nut, as most zerk fittings have 1/4" fine threads)

Then drill the tubing/and weld.

Finished product looks factory when completed.

Pic below is the front I.F.S. arm from my daughter's POLARIS 120 that came with NO grease-able fitting for the front spindles

 

[volcano buster]

Thanks Kraven.

Come to find out, the lower steering support is an extruded aluminum piece and I don't have a set up to weld Al. JB-weld seemed to work though.

I used the fine threaded nut on the Sno-Scoot long track mod I did as well.