kioti grease fittings

chuck172 · Mar 29, 2015

There seems to be some confusion on the size of the grease fittings kioti uses. Reading past posts 1/8-28 BSP have the most votes. Is that the size? I'm trying to grease my new dkse, and some fittings won't take any grease.

murph1 · Mar 29, 2015

Take the fitting out then put it on the gun again and try it. Those are british fittings so you are correct.

k0ua · Mar 29, 2015

chuck172 said:
There seems to be some confusion on the size of the grease fittings kioti uses. Reading past posts 1/8-28 BSP have the most votes. Is that the size? I'm trying to grease my new dkse, and some fittings won't take any grease.

Chuck, which ones won't take grease? Loader Zerks? You can try ? "unloading" pressure off of the joint by moving the loader to different positions or rest it on the ground. I have never had any trouble with any of them not taking grease. And greasing is so much easier with my LockNlube coupler..

chuck172 · Mar 29, 2015

k0ua said:
Chuck, which ones won't take grease? Loader Zerks? You can try ? "unloading" pressure off of the joint by moving the loader to different positions or rest it on the ground. I have never had any trouble with any of them not taking grease. And greasing is so much easier with my LockNlube coupler..

Both grease fittings on the center axle pivot don't seem to take any grease. The loader pins are o.k

powerscol · Mar 29, 2015

Some fitting get painted over during assembly. I had a few like this and scraped the ends with my pocket knife. Once done they took grease. One I had to remove and remove paint from inside the end (soaked in parts cleaner for a few minutes. The all should take at least a little.

k0ua · Mar 29, 2015

chuck172 said:
Both grease fittings on the center axle pivot don't seem to take any grease. The loader pins are o.k

I would unscrew them and take a look, Of course check for the painted over as suggested above.

MinnesotaEric · Mar 29, 2015

Buy one of those lock and lube adaptors for your grease gun on Amazon and pump the grease in.

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Amvcane · Mar 29, 2015

chuck172 said:
Both grease fittings on the center axle pivot don't seem to take any grease. The loader pins are o.k

When you say not taking grease, do you mean you can't even pump the grease pump handle,like there is an obstruction or are you pumping away and you are not seeing any old grease coming out of the joint? On my CK I have probably put 25 - 30 pumps in the front axel center pivot over time and have yet to see old grease come out. I asked the dealer and he said that is normal, give it a few pumps every time you grease the tractor. Hope this helps.

chuck172 · Mar 30, 2015

Amvcane said:
When you say not taking grease, do you mean you can't even pump the grease pump handle,like there is an obstruction or are you pumping away and you are not seeing any old grease coming out of the joint? On my CK I have probably put 25 - 30 pumps in the front axel center pivot over time and have yet to see old grease come out. I asked the dealer and he said that is normal, give it a few pumps every time you grease the tractor. Hope this helps.

The grease doesn't make it into the joint, just spills out. The grease fitting isn't clogged. I ordered the locknlube grease coupling. That should work.

kco · Mar 30, 2015

Try changing forces on the centre pivot by using the loader to slightly raise the front wheels.

Patches · Mar 30, 2015

When greasing the axle pivot on my 3054, I have to jack the front of the tractor up with the loader and swing the axle through it's range to get either of the zerks to accept grease

chuck172 · Mar 30, 2015

Patches said:
When greasing the axle pivot on my 3054, I have to jack the front of the tractor up with the loader and swing the axle through it's range to get either of the zerks to accept grease

That's exactly what I did, still no luck. The grease just spills out the gun around the grease fitting, but the fitting works. I'm gonna try the locknlube fitting. It gets great reviews.

ritcheyvs · Mar 30, 2015

One of my zerk fittings on my used DK loader wouldn't take grease the first time. I removed the fitting and dug out a plug of hard stuff. Before reinstalling I rut the fitting in the grease gun coupler and verified it would pass grease. All worked well after that.

Also, some fittings om my mower seemed to be slightly smaller such that it took many tries to get a standard grease coupler to seal (and mucho grease escaped, very messy). The Lock-n-lube worked 100% on those so far with no escaping grease.

IXLR8 · Mar 30, 2015

I have the Lock-n-Lube, I lift front wheels off the ground and I still can't get grease into the front axle center pivot. Dealer doesn't seem concerned, says they rarely are able to get any grease in there. I guess I will try pulling the fittings to see if they are clear or not.

MinnesotaEric · Mar 30, 2015

IXLR8 said:
I have the Lock-n-Lube, I lift front wheels off the ground and I still can't get grease into the front axle center pivot. Dealer doesn't seem concerned, says they rarely are able to get any grease in there. I guess I will try pulling the fittings to see if they are clear or not.

Your dealer is box of rocks simple. Replace the stuck zerk and pump grease in.

DT86 · Mar 30, 2015

IXLR8 said:
I have the Lock-n-Lube, I lift front wheels off the ground and I still can't get grease into the front axle center pivot. Dealer doesn't seem concerned, says they rarely are able to get any grease in there. I guess I will try pulling the fittings to see if they are clear or not.

I wouldn't trust them to service a pedal car.

That's about like..."We can hardly ever get the front tires to take air, so we just send them out half flat."

coobie · Mar 30, 2015

DT86 said:
I wouldn't trust them to service a pedal car.

That's about like..."We can hardly ever get the front tires to take air, so we just send them out half flat."

++1 on that.I would run away from this dealer ASAP.

Everhard · Mar 31, 2015

I had a hard time getting my axle fittings to take grease, my air powered grease gun wouldn't do it. In the end I found taking the zerk off and then putting it back on making sure it wasn't over tightened (just tight enough that grease doesn't come out from the threads of the zerk.) and then using a hand pump grease gun allowed me to finally get grease into the axle. I read numerous people saying they struggle to get grease into the axle. Keep at it you'll get it eventually. I also used the loader to lift the front end but in the end I found that didn't seem to make much if any difference, aside from making it easier to get to the fittings!
Btw my hand grease gun is nothing special, just a cheapo unit from TSC.

E.

chuck172 · Apr 3, 2015

I received the locknlube fitting, works great. Does just what it supposed to. I tried the axle pivot fittings. I was able to pump the gun with the no grease spilling. The locknlube held tight. I don't know if it took any grease. I pumped about 5 strokes, really had lots of pressure. I thought the hose would burst. I tried loading and unloading the joint with the loader raising the front of the machine. No difference.

k0ua · Apr 3, 2015

chuck172 said:
I received the locknlube fitting, works great. Does just what it supposed to. I tried the axle pivot fittings. I was able to pump the gun with the no grease spilling. The locknlube held tight. I don't know if it took any grease. I pumped about 5 strokes, really had lots of pressure. I thought the hose would burst. I tried loading and unloading the joint with the loader raising the front of the machine. No difference.

If the lever on the gun moved, then the zerk took grease. You just need a couple of pumps on those zerks each 50 hours