What are you using to lube your implements and tractors?

[pmsmechanic]

This is the grease I use. I like it because it's water resistant and u-joints last a lot longer. It's also fairly thick and seems to stick around longer than a thinner grease.

As far a pto shafts go I use WD-40. I've used oil and grease in the past but it attracts so much dirt that you can hardly move the shaft. I supose I could use graphite powder but haven't got there yet. What I do know is that I won't live long enough to see my pto shafts wear out because they weren't lubricated properly.

Fluid Film is for corrosion protection. Not pto shafts. I no longer have the upper arm strength to deal with the stickiness.

 

[dj1701]

I endorse Fluid Flim for snowblower shoots. Not the inside, just where they meet the body. I have tried oils and grease, but the Fluid Film has worked the best.

Dave

 

[5030]

As far a pto shafts go I use WD-40

said before and will again, WD40 has NO lubricating qualities what so ever. It's a moisture dispersant and nothing else. The only use for it is in moisture sensitive electrical connectors and repeated use will cause it to make a sticky hard to remove film.

 

[2515R Dude]

said before and will again, WD40 has NO lubricating qualities what so ever. It's a moisture dispersant and nothing else. The only use for it is in moisture sensitive electrical connectors and repeated use will cause it to make a sticky hard to remove film.

When you are 100% correct about WD40, (WD stands for Water displacement i think), now this company has some other WD40 products for rust prevention, penetrant, lube and such. All of them go under the name WD40.

 

[Bearsixty7]

said before and will again, WD40 has NO lubricating qualities what so ever. It's a moisture dispersant and nothing else. The only use for it is in moisture sensitive electrical connectors and repeated use will cause it to make a sticky hard to remove film.

I think he means on the METAL tubes that overlap and cover the PTO shafts that older equipment has in stead of the newer plastic sleeves, not the U-joints.
For this purpose I think WD40 would be fine.

 

[BigRed4540]

Shell Gadus S3 V220C Red hi-Moly grease NLGI 1, 2 and 220 Viscosity grade. (Caterpillar Spec) for all Zerks on my machines. I have it in all my lube guns as well as in tubs for pto shafts and open lube parts.

This is the only grease I keep around for EVERYTHING! trailer bearings, ball joints, loader pins, hinges, pedals, spindles, bushings ect. this grease will do it all and outperform most anything on the shelf. It is red, tacky, and stays where you put it. A case is $70 on amazon for 10 tubes.

Everything else gets Fluid Film or Amsoil MP.

 

[crashz]

Amsoil greases (#1 and #2), Fluid Film (spray cans, gallon cans, and black). Clean and lube each time the tractor is out for a day long job.

BTW - I have Woolwax, New Hampshire Oil Undercoating, and FF side by side. WW is a bit more more viscous. Otherwise they all seem the same and I'd be hard pressed to say one is better than the other.

 

[5030]

I think he means on the METAL tubes that overlap and cover the PTO shafts that older equipment has in stead of the newer plastic sleeves, not the U-joints.
For this purpose I think WD40 would be fine.

Not going there. I stated what WD (Water Dispersant) 40 is good for and I'll leave it at that. Every one of my pto sliding shaft inners have grease fittings on them for a reason.

 

[rScotty]

Lucas green HD tractor and equipment grease

I try to use a good quality Grease I don't have a specific brand that I use. I'm sure there are different quality but as mentioned any Grease is better than none.

I've been using Lucas mostly. I just used grease and a little bit of fluid film on the PTO shaft that I was working on yesterday.

I use JD's version of a green grease. It is also a HD polyurea base with extreme pressure and temperature resistance. Advantage to polyurea is the broader compatibility and and protection against water washout. And because I've had trouble in the past with the clay-based greases being compatible with each other.

Modern greases don't mix well with the lithium complex types.

 

[5030]

The only thing cheap clay base grease does is clog up your zerk fittings plus it's hell to get off of anything once it dries.

 

[pmsmechanic]

Not going there. I stated what WD (Water Dispersant) 40 is good for and I'll leave it at that. Every one of my pto sliding shaft inners have grease fittings on them for a reason.

As far as I'm concerned all that greasing a pto shaft does is make it hard to remove. The grease collects dust/dirt and migrates it into the tubes. To the point that you can't move the shaft by hand at all.

That's when I get a call. Hey can you get my PTO shaft off for me? WD-40 might very well not be a lubricant but it works.

 

[Bearsixty7]

As far as I'm concerned all that greasing a pto shaft does is make it hard to remove. The grease collects dust/dirt and migrates it into the tubes. To the point that you can't move the shaft by hand at all.

That's when I get a call. Hey can you get my PTO shaft off for me? WD-40 might very well not be a lubricant but it works.

I don't get where he thinks it's not a lubricant. Always seems to provide some lubrication to me when I used it before switching to Amsoil MP.

Metal Lubricant & Rust-Proofing Spray | WD-40

The WD-40 Smart Straw metal lubricant and rust proofing spray is equipped with a permanently attached straw that sprays lubricant two ways. This multi-use produce protects metal from rust and corrosion. Available in 8 oz, 11 oz and 12 oz cans.

www.wd40.com

WD-40 Multi-Use Product protects metal from rust and corrosion, penetrates stuck parts, displaces moisture and lubricates almost anything

 

[rScotty]

I don't get where he thinks it's not a lubricant. Always seems to provide some lubrication to me when I used it before switching to Amsoil MP.

Metal Lubricant & Rust-Proofing Spray | WD-40

The WD-40 Smart Straw metal lubricant and rust proofing spray is equipped with a permanently attached straw that sprays lubricant two ways. This multi-use produce protects metal from rust and corrosion. Available in 8 oz, 11 oz and 12 oz cans.

www.wd40.com

WD-40 Multi-Use Product protects metal from rust and corrosion, penetrates stuck parts, displaces moisture and lubricates almost anything

I think it depends on how a person defines "lubricant". Water works pretty good as a lube for some machining ops.
From what I use it for, WD40 is pretty clearly got some oiliness to it. That makes it a decent short term lube to me - but not to everyone I guess. Lasts just about long enough to sharpen a knife on a whet stone.

It's OK by me that WD40 doesn't last long. I follow the WD40 with something else.

I've got a a little bitty "Eagle" brand pump oil can with gear lube in it. Works nice for the straight-cut gears on the lathe. That's probably lube in everyone's book.

My old machine shop teacher swore by rendered lard. He put it on gears with a brush. Just thinking about the smell takes me back half a century.
rScotty

 

[rScotty]

The only thing cheap clay base grease does is clog up your zerk fittings plus it's hell to get off of anything once it dries.

Couldn't agree more - but back up a generation and all we had was clay-based greases. They are still real popular because they are cheap and still sold at every automotive store. Put the wrong ones together - something that is almost inevitable in old machines, and they can sure solidify between shaft and bushing - and in the zerks, too.
I've got a frozen bushing right now on our very old JD310 loader.....and I know just what it is.
rScotty

 

[PJRAM]

Tractor Supply grease and a Dewalt grease gun.

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

I use Lucas 'red and tacky' on just about everything.

 

[5030]

Tractor Supply grease and a Dewalt grease gun.
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The Bauer20 volt cordless is the mirror image of the DeWalt for a lot less but something I'm not interested in anyway. I find them to be messy and they don't hold much grease anyway. Never been a tube grease person, in fact, I bulk load the lever guns I keep with my implements.

 

[9973720wb19]

WD 40 is NOT a lubricant. It's a moisture disperst and has no long term lubricating qualities. Besides, it stinks....lol I use Fluid Film on my battery terminals and that is about it.

stands for Water Dispersement - took them 40 trys to get it right

 

[PJRAM]

The Bauer20 volt cordless is the mirror image of the DeWalt for a lot less but something I'm not interested in anyway. I find them to be messy and they don't hold much grease anyway. Never been a tube grease person, in fact, I bulk load the lever guns I keep with my implements.

I tried using my manual grease gun, but between the loader and the backhoe it was just much easier and faster to use the battery powered gun. There are just too many grease fittings to do manually in my opinion. I bought the Dewalt because I have other Dewalt tools that use the same battery.

 

[Mud2Money]

Amen to new full synthetic greases. My latest trailer purchase had some old school farm what ever grease packed in. I pulled every suspension zerk and drilled out what nearly looked like clay. Then hit them with oil followed by grease to blow the ports clean. The hubs had grease. Half old and dry looking other half goopy mess.