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On 19 Jul 2006 at 15:43, type3weezer@comcast.net wrote: > All right, how many of you looked at this thread because of the subject ;-) > I got under the car last night to lube the front end and it appears that one > of the grease nipples is gone. I'm sorry to say but my eyes can't tell if it > broke off or fell off. My questions are 1) what size are these? If I go to > my FLAPS what size should I look for? I have bags of old 1/4" but are they a > "metric works better" part? 2) I cleaned out the hole in the beam and it > appears to be silver in there. Is this an indication that the old one might > have broken off? How can i get the old one out especially because it is > slightly recessed into the hole? Thanks in advance for any input. They are a tapered M6 x 1. You can get spares from any VW axle beam. I probably have some. The VW dealers used to carry them, too. Before you assume that the old one broke off, unscrew one of the others (there's a hex at the base) and compare holes; then you'll know for sure. If the old one actually broke off, then the stump is probably not in there too tight, and you can probaby unscrew it with a sharp pick or an EasyOut. -- Jim Adney jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, WI 53711-3054 USA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~