FEL lubrication - has to be a better way

[granpajohn]

Cool, I have an identical (antique) grease gun. Was already well used when I got it at auction over 30 years ago.
Yes, I had to replace the tip to overcome the same problems, but I got this screw-on type.:
https://www.autozone.com/grease-and...erformance-tool-grease-gun-coupler/142104_0_0
Works fine, but if I had a lot of greasing to do, one of those Lock n Loads would be more convenient. (and $25 more expensive)

 

[grsthegreat]

i stay away from elect grease guns. i dont want to over grease my stuff. get tired of cleaning all the excess grease off of it.

 

[fried1765]

i stay away from elect grease guns. i dont want to over grease my stuff. get tired of cleaning all the excess grease off of it.

There is no more reason to over grease, with a battery powered grease gun than a manual grease gun.

 

[oosik]

The tip on your rubber hose is adjustable. Back off on the locking nut - screw the tip down a little. The tip will then lock on the zerk and not fall off.

However - I have a DeWalt 20V with a standard tip. Many of the zerks are recessed on my FEL. The diameter of my Lock-N-Lube is too big to go in and lock on the recessed zerks.

The DeWalt make the job easy, fast and not quite as messy.

 

[grsthegreat]

ive heard here some people complain the lock n lube wont fit. luckily all the zerks on my kioti can be greased without issue, same with implements.

 

[FTG-05]

Has anybody mentioned a lock and lube yet? It is one of those few "gizmo" inventions that is better than advertised.
On FEL's if the fitting won't take grease, sometimes if you just change positions on how the joint is setting it will free it up (raise or lower the FEL or curl the bucket). If that doesn't work, what you do is loosen whatever holds the pin you are trying to lube in place and beat the pin back and forth a bit with a hammer. That will usually allow it to take grease.

It's the left front steering knuckle. I'll lift it up tomorrow and see if that frees it up.


Thanks,

 

[oosik]

I have a situation similar to what Cougsfan describes. It's one of the zerks on the grapple. I have to start the tractor and pivot the grapple. Wah La - the zerk will not accept grease.

 

[mikester]

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LNL and a pneumatic pail greaser is my goto

 

[Ddh1961]

A good quality pistol grip grease gun with flex hose and a Lock & Lube works for me. One day if my arthritis forces the issue I’ll get a battery powered gun, but until then I’m happy with what I have.

 

[John0829]

A good quality pistol grip grease gun with flex hose and a Lock & Lube works for me. One day if my arthritis forces the issue I’ll get a battery powered gun, but until then I’m happy with what I have.

I do not have the LnL but do use a pistol grip with a long flex hose and so far even with arthritis I have no issues and unless I get to the point I cannot use my hands at all will never have/use a battery powered grease gun. I want to FEEL how the fitting is taking grease, if it is getting hard/tight then I can address the problem before it gets to bad or not taking grease at all.

 

[5030]

SKF

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Automatic Grease & Oil Systems for On-Road Vehicles & Off-Road Equipment

Graco’s automatic oil and grease systems are designed to support the needs of on-road trucks and heavy equipment. Fleets across the globe rely on our built-to-last systems to automatically lubricate their assets. Additionally, Graco provides centralized grease systems for vehicles, buses, fire...

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LNL and a pneumatic pail greaser is my goto

Centralized grease systems are fine for non rotational parts. They won't work on anything where the fittings rotate like universal joints. Have them on my hay balers, still have to manually grease the drivelines. The other issue with them is, if you have a fitting that won't take grease, you only find out AFTER the component failed.

 

[ericm979]

Lock N lubes work well but a good quality regular tip is ok especially when you know how to adjust it. For lever action guns I prefer a rigid pipe instead of a hose. If you need/want the hose then a pistol grip gun works better. Lincoln makes good guns at an affordable price. An electric grease gun might be useful if you're maintaining a fleet but is overkill for a single tractor. I've never had a problem getting my Lincoln guns primed after installing a new cartridge.

 

[5030]

The better way is... Don't ever grease the loader and when the pins seize, beat then out and replace them. Issue solved.

 

[grsthegreat]

i found i was overgreasing them. after having to disassemble entire loader to clean out the dried grease, i dont grease them as often or as much anymore. no reason to have globs of grease hitting the window.

 

[SylvainG]

Using a flathead screw driver, I run it against the FEL (and backhoe) pivot points and around the recest Zerks to remove the extra grease that accumulated there. Am I asking for trouble or is it fine?

 

[5030]

i found i was overgreasing them. after having to disassemble entire loader to clean out the dried grease, i dont grease them as often or as much anymore. no reason to have globs of grease hitting the window.

You must drive awfully fast to have 'globs of grease' fly off and impact your windows..... What I do is dismount my loaders (both of them) every fall and pressure wash the excess grease off using a bit of ZEP degreaser to loosen it up.

Like I said, quit greasing it entirely and when the pivot pins lock up, pound them out and replace with new ones. Issue solved. Some of my implements have dozens of grease fittings, they all get greased quite often. Grease is cheap, replacing worn components from lack of lubrication usually isn't so cheap.

 

[grsthegreat]

I don’t grease too often, and don’t use a lot of grease when I do. I also have never had to replace anything. Nothing freezes up or wears out. Just saying

 

[TractorTYMe]

I stick to the factory recommended schedule of every 10h on the FEL, and 50h on every other grease point on the body.

 

[Oaktree]

The tip on your rubber hose is adjustable. Back off on the locking nut - screw the tip down a little. The tip will then lock on the zerk and not fall off.

Easier said than done when the zerk is recessed and the tip & your fingers are covered with grease.
Been meaning to get a L&L, one of these days...

 

[Patches]

Oaktree, I have a 3054xs and the L&L tip will not fit into the zerk recesses on the loader {KL1231}, gave mine away