Grease Questions for Kubota with Loader

[WranglerX]

I use FLAPS (Friendly Local Auto Parts) generic grease on everything.... IF I had to use Corperate4 recommended grease on all my machines I would need at least 6 grease gun labeled for each machine .. Most specific tractor brand greases are just more expensive rebranded for same source as local auto parts store...

Think this is what is in grease gun now....

As for failure to start, crawl under tractor and dee if a zerk fitting in on shaft, if not check for gummed up/dirty safety swith...

 

[number two]

Don't throw out moly grease for bearings.
20 years ago moly was specified for Ford/Lincoln/Mercury wheel bearings.
The Valvoline tube even called out for use on Ford products.
The technicians said they liked how much easier the bearings turned by hand.
Been using moly since the late '70's in everything,with good results.
Have switched to Valvoline 985 synthetic/moly fortified-man that stuff really stays put!
Good Luck!

 

[Panik]

1. My Kubota L3710 has an L681 loader. The forward/reverse pedal is causing the tractor to fail to start. I am told it needs greasing. Is there a zerk down there somewhere? I haven't been able to find it.

- If it's anything like my BX there should be a flap cut in the floor mat where the forward/reverse pedal passes through the floor pan of the operator's station. The zerk for that pedal will likely be located there.

2. I'm supposed to grease the loader control lever, but I lifted the boot and saw no way to get grease into it. Can someone advise me?

- Can't answer to be honest

3. My understanding is that I need moly grease for the loader. Messick's has Kubota 70000-10401 moly grease. Sound right? Happens to be cheaper than the grease at Tractor Supply.

4. I also need grease for everything else on the tractor. Will Kubota's non-moly grease do it? I have a tube of John Deere NLGI-1 I haven't used. Don't know if it's appropriate.

- For 3&4, yes there are greases made for specific applications. When I got my BX I casually went around to a Tractor Supply/Ace/Home Depot and a couple of other places and looked for the most readily available grease. Ended up settling on Lucas Red N Tacky and used a tube or to to displace the factory lube in all the grease-able fittings on my tractor with Red N Tacky.

- As others have mentioned here I am, within reason, firmly of the mind that for a home owner/hobbiest, aka non-commercial applications, ensuring that everything is greased regularly is less important than the specific grease being used.

I have a milling machine that takes NLGI-2. I was hoping not to have three grease guns.

- I'm not familiar with the ins and outs of milling machines (or whether you're talking wood, metal or other material mill). That said a quick google of NLGI-2 and the first result is from nyelubricants:

"The most commonly used greases, such as those used in automotive bearings, would use a lubricant that is NLGI grade 2, which has the stiffness of peanut butter. Grades within this range can operate in a higher temperature range and at higher speeds than NLGI grades 000-0."

- I strongly suspect, again without experience with milling machines, that you can pretty easily find one grease that will work just fine for both your tractor & your milling machine. As example, Lucas Red N Tacky is a NLGI-2 rated grease.

 

[scootr]

Buy a case of any quality grease and use it often. I learned from an owner operator. Every machine got 2-3 pumps of grease in every zerk every morning while the equipment warmed up.

 

[5030]

Yeah, I'm either 10 or 17 hours behind. Not sure how I forgot. But this tractor has an easy life.

Don't matter, easy life or not, once the fulcrum pins are dry (as in no grease), they gall, they seize and they start ovaling the mounts which equates to a sloppy fit eventually.

Myself, I use Mobil synthetic HP grease on everything but wheel bearings and I buy it in 150 pound open head drums I run with an ARO air greaser and all my lever guns (I keep one in each of my implement tool boxes) get bulk filled from the air greaser)

That may not work for you, don't know but timely greasing is paramount to longevity. I use lever guns with clear polycarbonate barrels so I can see if they are getting empty and I NEVER use grease cartridges. they are messy and expensive as well. A 150 pound drum of grease costs me about a grand btw.

Never use cheap clay based grease. all the crap does is clog up grease fittings, always synthetic grease.

 

[JCoastie]

I use Lucas Red and Tacky for everything. Easily found at walmart and other places

 

[JJT]

I have several things to ask about.
1. My Kubota L3710 has an L681 loader. The forward/reverse pedal is causing the tractor to fail to start. I am told it needs greasing. Is there a zerk down there somewhere? I haven't been able to find it.

2. I'm supposed to grease the loader control lever, but I lifted the boot and saw no way to get grease into it. Can someone advise me?

3. My understanding is that I need moly grease for the loader. Messick's has Kubota 70000-10401 moly grease. Sound right? Happens to be cheaper than the grease at Tractor Supply.

4. I also need grease for everything else on the tractor. Will Kubota's non-moly grease do it? I have a tube of John Deere NLGI-1 I haven't used. Don't know if it's appropriate.

I have a milling machine that takes NLGI-2. I was hoping not to have three grease guns.

1) There is no zerk on the treddle pedal. I give mine a shot of spray lube a couple of times a year.

2) Same as #1. Mine has no boot, never did.

3&4) Don't agonize over the type of grease, just hit all of the zerks every 10 hours. Don't forget the one on your steering knuckle under the front end.

 

[Suburban Plowboy]

I'm not totally sure I'm behind on greasing. It would be unlike me. I have always kept up with it, but the tractor sat for a long time, and I may have lost count of the hours. It was probably greased last during the apex of covid hysteria. It sat unused practically forever, and there was a long period during which it needed a major repair. There is a good chance I greased it 7 hours back. I had to remove the loader for the repair, and I can't see myself reattaching it without grease.

I'm not sure how I got the idea it was either 10 or 17 hours behind. I should have said 7 or 17. I grease it on the zeroes.

I just found out Lock'n'Lube makes a grease gun, so I'm buying a second gun. I'll have one for moly. One for not. If I get the Lock'n'Lube gun, I won't have to pay extra for the nozzle.

I actually have three more grease guns. Two miniatures and one chainsaw bar gun. I also have syringes for putting Mobil 28 in firearms. Will I ever have enough?

While I was trying to figure all this out, I read a lot of forum posts by guys who hate greasing. I don't get it. It's a 10-minute job with no tools. Sure beats oil changes.

 

[scootr]

1) There is no zerk on the treddle pedal. I give mine a shot of spray lube a couple of times a year.

2) Same as #1. Mine has no boot, never did.

3&4) Don't agonize over the type of grease, just hit all of the zerks every 10 hours. Don't forget the one on your steering knuckle under the front end.

Don't forget the front axle pivot either, according to the Kubota manual remove the plug and put grease in the zerk forcing the old grease out.

 

[Suburban Plowboy]

I should write my own list of grease points. Kubota's literature isn't that great.