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Does anyone know of a source for an alemite grease fitting I can use on my grease gun. I only have one alemite fitting on the steering gear box.

Contact Gary Wallace. He has the Alemite adapter fittings for your grease gun.

By the way, your 1932 Chevrolet should have many Alemite fittings, not just the one on your steering box.

Since you only have one on the steering gear why not just change it to the modern fittings like your other ones? Most of the parts stores sell fittings one or more. Then later if you want to change to all Alemite fittings you can. I found a a hose with the Alemite end for the grease gun on ebay. Chuck

You can also get the adapters through McMaster Car. They have a huge catalog on line.

I like the zerk fittings that replaced the alemite fittings, but thought I would keep the one alemite fitting if I could find an alemite fitting for my zerk gun. I don't know Gary Wallace but I can try McMaster. Thanks.

Gary Wallace ---

http://1931chevrolet.com/suppliers.htm

Maybe this will help -- alemite locations:

http://1931chevrolet.com/Diagrams/alemite.htm

Thanks. Gary Wallace has them in his on-line catalog.

Hi Bill: In reference to your Alemite fitting chart, I have 2 really minor questions/comments. I have a can of fittings that I have accumulated over the years - enough to convert my 31 back from zerks. All the straight fittings I have do not have the hex at the bottom as shown in the picture. Also, on my front spring shackles, the fittings are to the inside of the car so could not possibly interfere with the drag link. Any thoughts? Thanks, Steve

The correct Alemite fittings are straight with no hex.

Both straight fittings with and without the hex were available from Alemite in 1929 (I have a '29 Alemite booklet). I have only found a few straight hex fittings on the '31-'32 Chevrolets. The vast majority are without hex.

The drivers side front spring shackle was installed with the fittings toward the inside. The passenger side outside. That is to prevent any interference with the pitman arm and steering rod.

Yep, Billy Boy Barker's Alemite chart indicated the same thing regarding the direction of the left front spring shackle fittings.

Also for installing them without pliers, I made a tool out of an old socket. I found one that would fit over the barrel of the fitting and cut a slot in it to take the size of the prongs. It works like a charm. Of course you will have to use a wrench on the 90's & 45's.

A 7/16" six point socket or open end wrench will install the fittings.

That is the ones with the hex base. The round base there is nothing to put a wrench on, that is why the slotted socket works so well.

I pulled all of the alemites from my 28 sedan and replaced them with Zerks, all of the original Alemites were without the hex, so I also used a 7/16" 1/4" drive socket and cut slots in the sides with a Dremmel tool and an abrasive cut-off disc, works fine.

Actually the 7/16" socket will catch on the ends of the pins and spin them out. Have done it many, many times. I install them using the socket too. The key is six-point socket. 12 point will not grab enough of the pin.

I use a 1/4 drive 3/8 8 point socket. Works perfect.

3/8 12 point socket might also work. The 7/16" six point is standard in most 1/4" drive sets. I also only use 12 point sockets in very rare cases. They round off too many old Chevy nuts so I use 6 points in almost all cases.