center pivot

[oleconni]

Hello, I reasently bought an iseki 1300 4 Wheel drive. Everything is working great, and now I am changing oils and greasing it up. The problem is that the manual says that the center pivot on the front axel has a greas point. I cant find a grease fitting on it. Is there som other way to lube it?

 

[Soundguy]

check before and after and in any pivot sleeves. may hav eone sheared off. check for tubes with fittings.. or casting traces or pin ends with fittings. IE. some pins have the fittings..e tc.

 

[fxrs55]

The four wheel drive model does not have a fitting. It does not get lubed.
check the pictures below.

 

[oleconni]

The four wheel drive model does not have a fitting. It does not get lubed.
check the pictures below.

Thank you, I missed that. No I can stop looking.

 

[Ilikeurtractor]

I've ran into this problem on my TX1300 and am surprised it doesn't have a provision for a grease zerk for this point. My Satoh has a similar design and it does have a zerk fitting. Not sure why Iseki felt this wasn't necessary. I wonder if it's open to the differential case and maybe they designed it to be "splash lubed" via the differential oil (?)

 

[oleconni]

I think you are right with the "splahs lube" thing. Have you heard about someone who had troubel with wear on the center pivot on the 1300tx?

 

[Ilikeurtractor]

They do get "sloppy" because of wear over time. Try to move one of the front tires forward and back and watch the center pivot (you can notice this by just turning the steering wheel left and right too). You shouldn't see the axle move independently of the tractor. If you do, the bushings *should* be replaced. If the bushings are not lubricated by the differential oil, a grease fitting would go a long way in preventing rapid wear to the bushings above and beyond what one can do during assembly with applying grease.

 

[oleconni]

Thank you all for good and informative answers.