Backhoe Greasing Problem Bt900 Backhoe On L35

Keuka · Dec 10, 2009

I'm having a problem greasing the lower swing pivot on my BT900 hoe on my L35 Backhoe. I read another post where someone else had the same problem.

The zerk fitting is located with so little head room clearence, that a hand operated grease gun can't get on it. I tried an offset 45 degree zerk but the swing cylinder hits it. I also tried an offset 45 degree grease gun tip with no luck. The original zerk is reset so a slide on grease gun tip will not work either.

I'm now inserting the offset zerk, greasing the pivot and replacing the offset zerk with the original fitting. What a pain and I'm kind of out of options.

There's a pile of L35 backhoes out there. Someone else must have encountered this problem. I sure would appreciate some help.

irwin · Dec 10, 2009

Keuka said:
I'm having a problem greasing the lower swing pivot on my BT900 hoe on my L35 Backhoe. I read another post where someone else had the same problem.

The zerk fitting is located with so little head room clearence, that a hand operated grease gun can't get on it. I tried an offset 45 degree zerk but the swing cylinder hits it. I also tried an offset 45 degree grease gun tip with no luck. The original zerk is reset so a slide on grease gun tip will not work either.

I'm now inserting the offset zerk, greasing the pivot and replacing the offset zerk with the original fitting. What a pain and I'm kind of out of options.

There's a pile of L35 backhoes out there. Someone else must have encountered this problem. I sure would appreciate some help.

Hi Larry.

(replied to your pm )

For anyone else:
The solution I came up with works great. I bought a brass 90' fitting.. installed the fitting on the hose..then the coupler on the fitting. The total lenght is 2 1/8". I move the boom swing all the way to one side, the swing cylinder moves completely over the zerk and out of the way. Plenty of room now.