Grease fittings

[btward79]

My tractor is a couple years old with 32 hours just picked it up if you missed my electrical thread. The manual says every 50 hrs to grease the fittings. It also says to apply a little.

So my question is. Can I just pump grease in there until it comes out or are there rubber bushings in there that hold the grease in? If so I wouldn't want to blow it out by over filling.

 

[ron45]

This will be my first post to "help" someone. Usually I'm asking the questions. On my Lk3054 you pump till you see it begin to excape. Yours is newer than my `new' one but on occasion a zerk won't except the grease. Sometimes this will sort of lock up the tip with built up pressure. You can loosen the tip from it's mount on the hose this breaks the pressure lock. You may need to move the joint not accepting the grease to get it to open up. I had a few like that. I haven't greased anything since my 60 land rover. Wish I had kept it. Getting lots of practice now. Best of luck w/the new machine.

 

[k0ua]

My tractor is a couple years old with 32 hours just picked it up if you missed my electrical thread. The manual says every 50 hrs to grease the fittings. It also says to apply a little.

So my question is. Can I just pump grease in there until it comes out or are there rubber bushings in there that hold the grease in? If so I wouldn't want to blow it out by over filling.

Front End Loader Zerks need grease every 10 hours of operation of the loader. Your manual will confirm this.. Chassis Zerks need grease every 50 hours.. the Front axle pivot zerks both front and back just get 2 or 3 pumps maximum you will not see any grease oozing out anywhere ever on these. ( it hides in the front axle housing.) the other chassis zerks. you will see grease escape usually, and you can stop there.
No need to overgrease, but it helps to push out any old dry grease and any possible water that may have gotten in. Example if you power wash, you should then grease to push out water that sneaks into the joints. Good luck

James K0UA

 

[EagleTDL]

One of these might help too...

Eagle

 

[Coyote machine]

Welcome to the forum. Some zerk fittings will jam up for whatever reason. You can remove and clean them, sometimes, or use the tool suggested above. I try to clean them after replacing the fitting with another and keep the gummed up one as a spare for possible later use. Zerks are ONLY available through your Kioti dealer; everyone has tried buying them elsewhere to no avail. I suggest getting a few extras to have on hand. Buy a good quality synthetic grease for best results.

 

[btward79]

Welcome to the forum. Some zerk fittings will jam up for whatever reason. You can remove and clean them, sometimes, or use the tool suggested above. I try to clean them after replacing the fitting with another and keep the gummed up one as a spare for possible later use. Zerks are ONLY available through your Kioti dealer; everyone has tried buying them elsewhere to no avail. I suggest getting a few extras to have on hand. Buy a good quality synthetic grease for best results.

Thanks fellas. They're not jammed that I'm aware of. I bought a nice industrial grease it was recommended over the synthetic stuff they had and mention industrial uses so that should be more then good.

Main question was how much the manual was specific about pumping a little. I know on some of those fittings I e found a rubber bushing. Well I found it after I pumped it up with grease and it was buldging. Think that was on a car.

Anyway, that doesn't sound like the case with the tractor so I'll cycle some through. Thanks for the help folks.

Just bought a box scraper from a neighbor. Only 5ft but it'll work for now gave me a fair price. Didn't have a top link pin so I couldn't play last night.

 

[Coyote machine]

Rubber bushing you're referring to is a dust boot for a ball joint, etc. Most zerks on the tractor are tapped into a sleeve holding a pin, like on the loader, etc. Best bet on tractor is a couple of pumps and then on to the next zerk.

 

[Alien]

I grease mine on a regular basis as you can't harm it. The only thing is to wipe around and get the excess grease off so it dosen't spread all over your pretty tractor.

 

[btward79]

lol I hear ya Alien. She got all dusty last night doing the drive.

I'm probably going to get kicked out of here for this, but I actually waxed my tractor when I brought it home. :laughing::ashamed:

I'll grease those zerks before my next session. Thanks again all.

 

[Kendrick]

hehe in my case i get water in the joints between winter and haying season. Ive been really happy with trc lube so far have a bunch of zerks to replace on my impliments since some are older then i am. :drink: Coyote machine has any one tried them in a threading sizer? now im reely intrigued