Anybody else notice that grease fitting stink now-a-days

[MasterofDisaster]

Installed rear lower control arms in 2015. Noticed pretty soon that some of the grease fittings didn't work. Bought some from AZ, and half of those didn't work. Sometimes, I'd pump in grease, and it would squirt back out of the fittings. Sometimes, the grease wouldn't go in at all. A local mechanic replaced a few for me. This Sunday I went out to lube the bushings, and one of the fittings wouldn't take grease. Went to AZ, bought some fittings, tested one before I installed it, and it works.

I first used a grease gun around 1977. I have never had so many problems with grease fittings until 2015. WTF???

 

[JC SSP]

I hate to say it but cheap garbage made in Ching Chang hoo!

 

[skwerl]

Other than metal slag, only two solutions. 1. heat to melt hardened grease blocking the fitting. 2. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00H7LPKKU

 

[MasterofDisaster]

Yeah, maybe I expect too much for a 60¢ piece. I do use a locking grease coupler. Definitely makes my life easier.