Venturabass
Bronze Member
Has anyone ever found a grease joint that is very difficult to take grease, but is not plugged?
I have a 1997 Massey Ferguson 1240 compact tractor. On the undercarriage there is grease fitting on each of the (2) clutch linkage pivots, and (2) brake linkage pivots. The grease joint is simply a stub shaft, with a very shallow groove around the circumference of the shaft, for the grease to flow.
I'm the second owner on this unit and have owned it for 4 years now. I've always had trouble getting grease in these joints, as it either wants to bypass the fitting and come out the end of my grease gun, or basically requires almost my full strength to pump the gun lever to get the grease in.
This year at the end of winter I actually disassembled a couple of the fittings because I was certain the joints must be clogged. To my surprise there was essentially no dried grease or grim plugging any part of the joint. I even put a brand new fitting on these joints, reassembled, and still find that it's extremely hard to get grease in these fittings.
So...is it possible....are the joints possibly a little too tight from the factory by design for grease to flow, which is why it takes my full strength to attempt to pump it in? Has anyone ever found this? The joints do appear very tight with very little tolerance, but not that I measured anything.
The grease I use is a synthetic NGLI #2 with 5% moly. I've also used just your standard synthetic lithium complex #2 with the same results.
I have a 1997 Massey Ferguson 1240 compact tractor. On the undercarriage there is grease fitting on each of the (2) clutch linkage pivots, and (2) brake linkage pivots. The grease joint is simply a stub shaft, with a very shallow groove around the circumference of the shaft, for the grease to flow.
I'm the second owner on this unit and have owned it for 4 years now. I've always had trouble getting grease in these joints, as it either wants to bypass the fitting and come out the end of my grease gun, or basically requires almost my full strength to pump the gun lever to get the grease in.
This year at the end of winter I actually disassembled a couple of the fittings because I was certain the joints must be clogged. To my surprise there was essentially no dried grease or grim plugging any part of the joint. I even put a brand new fitting on these joints, reassembled, and still find that it's extremely hard to get grease in these fittings.
So...is it possible....are the joints possibly a little too tight from the factory by design for grease to flow, which is why it takes my full strength to attempt to pump it in? Has anyone ever found this? The joints do appear very tight with very little tolerance, but not that I measured anything.
The grease I use is a synthetic NGLI #2 with 5% moly. I've also used just your standard synthetic lithium complex #2 with the same results.
