Greasing

[SylvainG]

Do you wait until grease is coming out of BOTH ends or if starts to squirt out of one end is enough?

 

[Nacademus]

Do you wait until grease is coming out of BOTH ends or if starts to squirt out of one end is enough?

I'm satisfied with any amount of squirting.

 

[Byrdnyrd]

Here’s a silly tip!
I save old socks to use when I’m greasing— put your hand in the sock and clean the nipples! Strip off the sock and throw it away!!

.....you’re Welcome!!

BN

 

[hube2]

I put these on every grease fitting. Keeps the dirt and debris off the fitting and makes the easier to see so I don't miss any when I grease.

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[SylvainG]

I put these on every grease fitting. Keeps the dirt and debris off the fitting and makes the easier to see so I don't miss any when I grease.

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Yep, bought similar one, but in red (M6), which fit my Zerks perfectly. My Lock&Lube can fit even in the recessed zerks with these installed, so all my zerks are covered now.

 

[Nacademus]

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I used these. The plastic ones I had before like the ones you posted kept loosening for whatever reason. These rubber ones I'll pull off and can easily clean with a dish of kerosene and rag.

 

[RalphVa]

I'm happy to get it barely visible on one end. On Ujoints, they'll need very little, maybe a squirt.

JD made an absolute mess when I had them grease its driveshaft Ujoints. They did the whole tractor: grease all over the place.

 

[SylvainG]

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I used these. The plastic ones I had before like the ones you posted kept loosening for whatever reason. These rubber ones I'll pull off and can easily clean with a dish of kerosene and rag.

Me, I'll keep forgetting where I've put them or forgetting to put them back, just like the valve stem caps on my car lol.

 

[Martin Roper]

When greasing, if there's a bit of grease being pushed out of the bushing am I over servicing?

Also noticed the FEL hydraulic pistons are able to slide back and forth laterally over the mounting bushings. I've got about 35 hours on my new machine, is this normal wear as it breaks in?

No, grease coming out of the bushing is good, it tells you have fresh grease where it matters, and frequency depends on what type of job you are doing. Problem with front end loaders is that a lot of the time they are only doing bits and pieces, when you are doing a major job it is easy to start with a big greasing session.