Difficult MX5400 LA1065 loader zerks

[oosik]

Try installing a new zerk. It might tighten at a more vertical angle. Or get a long pipe needle tip. It fits on the end of the grease gun - has a very slender 8" long, metal pipe - ends in a needle tip. There have been occasions when the needle tip has been the only answer.

 

[TnAndy]

I had the same problem and solved it by drilling a hole in the arm so that I could install a short threaded straight zerk.

Yep....that was my solution on a previous New Holland loader. Drilled about a 3/4" hole in line with grease hole and put a straight fitting in it.

 

[Michael In Tennessee]

My la1065 has 45 degree zeros at that location. Seems kubota isn't consistent with parts inventory.

 

[Bullwinkle123]

I loosened each zerk one full rotation to put more distance between it and the loader arm, and was mostly successful getting grease into one zerk. However the other I still couldn't get a good lock on, and it was so lose I didn't feel it was worth trying with a second rotation.

So I've ordered the lock-n-lube 90 degree adapter, and a couple of 45 degree 1/8" NTP zerks (because they were 0.95 each and I was in a hurry, I don't even know that that is the correct part). We'll see what fits when it arrives. Meanwhile, at least one side is greased.

 

[Bullwinkle123]

My la1065 has 45 degree zeros at that location. Seems kubota isn't consistent with parts inventory.

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That is _exactly_ what I need. Mine point right up toward that metal lip. Do you happen to know the part dimensions?

 

[crashz]

My LA525 has the 45 degree bent zerks in those locations. But unless the loader arms are all the way down and the front axle is off the ground, I cannot get to them. The loader frame becomes the problem. My issue is mearly annoyance though.

I find the LocknLube to be kind of a bulky fit. A slimmer grease gun end might work better.

 

[Michael In Tennessee]

That is _exactly_ what I need. Mine point right up toward that metal lip. Do you happen to know the part dimensions?

I think it's a 1/8 npt hread, but I'll take one out and check.

 

[Bullwinkle123]

My LA525 has the 45 degree bent zerks in those locations. But unless the loader arms are all the way down and the front axle is off the ground, I cannot get to them. The loader frame becomes the problem. My issue is mearly annoyance though.

I find the LocknLube to be kind of a bulky fit. A slimmer grease gun end might work better.

Yeah, I only have the two ends, the one that came with the grease gun, and the lock-n-lube, both are too bulky. Unfortunate, and perhaps I just haven't searched enough, nobody seems to specify the diameter of the grease gun fitting so I have no idea what to buy for it. Hopefully the 45 degree zerk or the 90 degree angle adapter (both ordered today) will fit. Throwing stuff at the wall to see what sticks. Sounds basically like someone botched my zerks, since two of you have the 45 degree zerks.

 

[Michael In Tennessee]

It's a standard 45 degree 1/8 npt zerk.

 

[Bullwinkle123]

It's a standard 45 degree 1/8 npt zerk.View attachment 654099

Thanks very much, that's exactly what I ordered today. Here's hoping.