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Epic Contributor
- Joined
- May 27, 2006
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- 33,499
- Location
- Missouri
- Tractor
- Kubota M9540, Ford 3910FWD, Ford 555A, JD2210
I was at my dealership last week and a customer was in there getting his JD2210 fixed after the engine to transmission driveshaft failed from lack of grease. It also broke the front case on the transaxle as it beat itself to death at engine speed after breaking. My tractor has 400 hours on it and has never been greased. I decided I would tackle the job of greasing the two u-joints on this shaft. I overheard the mechanics tell this guy that the only way to grease them was to disassemble the tractor, removing the floorboard, steering column cowl and fenders. I crawled under the tractor and could not see either joint and only about 4" of the shaft.
I crawled out and came to the house and googled it. I was referred to a thread on another website and from there learned a very easy way to do this task. On the left side of the tractor, brake pedal side, there is a 2"x3" rubber plug snapped into the steering column cowl. I removed that plug and here's what I saw, the front u-joint!!!
After reviewing the previous mentioned thread I cut a rectangular hole in the floorboard. The floorboard is double layered where I cut so it was kind of a pain but nothing like removing the floorboard and fenders as I was previously told to do.
With a grease gun needle tip I was able to grease both joints. I've contacted my dealer and ordered another rubber plug to cover the second hole. For info purposes the part # is M807480. I suppose you could get a plug from anywhere and then cut the hole to match. But you need the hole to be about that size and cut rectangularly to make it easier to get the needle tip on the zerk.
Monday I'm gonna go to my dealership and do the mechanics a favor and take them these photos so maybe they can pass it on to their customers and save them a LOT of money on repairs!!!
I crawled out and came to the house and googled it. I was referred to a thread on another website and from there learned a very easy way to do this task. On the left side of the tractor, brake pedal side, there is a 2"x3" rubber plug snapped into the steering column cowl. I removed that plug and here's what I saw, the front u-joint!!!
After reviewing the previous mentioned thread I cut a rectangular hole in the floorboard. The floorboard is double layered where I cut so it was kind of a pain but nothing like removing the floorboard and fenders as I was previously told to do.
With a grease gun needle tip I was able to grease both joints. I've contacted my dealer and ordered another rubber plug to cover the second hole. For info purposes the part # is M807480. I suppose you could get a plug from anywhere and then cut the hole to match. But you need the hole to be about that size and cut rectangularly to make it easier to get the needle tip on the zerk.
Monday I'm gonna go to my dealership and do the mechanics a favor and take them these photos so maybe they can pass it on to their customers and save them a LOT of money on repairs!!!