Maintenance--Worth Reading

[benski]

Hey guys at least we all maintain our mowers unlike my neighbors down the road who are usually have to buy new ones every other year due to lack of maint. or most likely abuse!:frown: They have teenage sons who mow and evidently they never bothered teaching them the value of hard earned money judging by the way they treat everything they use or drive.

Ah, the tradition continues! Until it (the money) starts coming out of one's own pocket, it doesn't seem to count as much.:wink:


"Hey ya little whippersnapper, don't drive that wagon and those horses so hard.. Hand scraped axle bearings don't grow on trees, ya know..!":biggrin:

 

[173abn]

I just replaced a spindle on my Grasshopper [see thread in GH forum].I grease my machine before each mowing ,all 16 zerks.I posted a question over on TBN on how much grease you should put in the spindles and got anywhere from 3 pumps to until it ozzes out the bottom.So I'm sticking with my method of when I see it coming out the bottom.I did buy an air powered grease gun and it does make greasing easier..russ

 

[dwelder]

Iv drilled a hole before in the non greasable spindles and filled them full of heavy gear oil and closed them up, And that was in 98 when I bought my jd new. Never have replaced them sense. It's basically the same thing as grease, because when grease gets hot its almost like water.

 

[Giles]

Iv drilled a hole before in the non greasable spindles and filled them full of heavy gear oil and closed them up, And that was in 98 when I bought my jd new. Never have replaced them sense. It's basically the same thing as grease, because when grease gets hot its almost like water.

I respect your opinion but I disagree:smile: It is my understanding that the grease I recommended---EP2--has a melting point of 500 degrees Celsius or 932 degrees Fahrenheit. I believe when it melted at this temperature, it would be like water. I believe regular grease would get thinner in normal service --but like water??
In my OP, I was recommending EP2 grease because of it's high pressure, high temperature.:thumbsup:

 

[dwelder]

I'm shore there are good greases and bad but I can remember pulling apart old transaxles and the grease in them being like a liquid. But I guess companies buy the cheapest they can find to make more money.