rf33
Gold Member
I was greasing my tractor today (a JD 5520), and the grease zerks on the top outsides of the back axles each took about 50 shots of grease, and I still never saw any come out anywhere. Does this strike anyone as odd? Should I just keep adding grease until I eventually see some come out? Could it be that there was never enough grease in them in the first place? I have greased them several times before, and generally I just stopped after about 5-10 shots of grease. I never saw any come out before, but did not think much of it since it seems like it would come out on the inside of the rear wheel, and I just figured I could not see it. This time however, I really got up under there and looked, and sure enough, I still after 50 shots could not see any grease coming out. Seems pretty strange, but where could all that grease be going? I have put about 1 full tube of grease in those two fittings alone. Am I doing any harm? I know that you can put in too much oil, but I have never heard of too much grease. Anyone have any insight?