How much grease is needed on mower caster arms?

Anonymous Poster · Jul 19, 2001

I like everything about my LandPride finish mower except one thing, and that's the way they made the casters arms. To adjust the height, I have to pull a pin and move the spacers to the top or bottom. As near as I can tell, that's the way they did it on other brands also. The problem with that is I get my hands pretty greasy and dirty every time I want to change the height. Plus, I worry that dirt is getting inside, so I feel obligated to pump in some grease every time I change the height. This is much less convenient than changing the height of my riding mower was, which just required moving the arm to the next notch. Am I making this worse than it needs to be by over greasing? How often do ya'll grease the caster arms on your mowers? I sure wish someone would come up with a better method of changing the height of these type of mowers!

Bird · Jul 19, 2001

Danny, my Bush Hog is the same way, and I give 'em a shot of grease before each use. I guess my advantage is that I've never changed the height; liked it at the height the dealer delivered it./w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

Bird

ronjhall · Jul 19, 2001

Danny
Adjusting the height of my Kubota 72" MMM does not require me to get my hands full of grease. /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif That being said if there is any grease within 3' of where I'm working, some will get on me. /w3tcompact/icons/blush.gif
Like most others I put grease to all mower fittings while engine is warming up.

Anonymous Poster · Jul 19, 2001

Ron,

By "MMM", do you mean "Mid Mount Mower"?

glennmac · Jul 19, 2001

EGAD! Mowers need to be greased each time you use them? I havent been doing that.

Bird · Jul 19, 2001

Mowers need to be greased each time you use them

That's what my manual says. Of course, I think it might depend on how much mowing, how long it's run at a time, etc. But since grease is cheap, I'm pretty liberal with it./w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif

Bird

Von · Jul 19, 2001

Re: How much grease is needed on mower caster arms

my owner's manual for the MMM on B2710 states the castors and wheels get greased every 50 hours. and the spindles daily. I figure every 8 hours of use I do all spindles, casters and wheels. Better to be safe than sorry.

looch · Jul 19, 2001

Mowers need to be greased...

That's scary./w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

Danny,

Same thing for my Farm King. To add to the mess, they didn't bother to mask the shafts during painting. When I pull my spacers off, the red paint mixes with the grease and I end up looking like a mad scientist. I think I've figured out the right height now so I hopefully won't be re-adjusting them anytime soon. Like Bird, I give mine a shot before each outing.

There's one annoying thing with my set-up. The pins that hold the wheels in fall out more often than I'd like. I lost 3 the last 2 times that I mowed. I don't know what kind of bizarre force enabled me to find them. I have since wired the "spring-ring" back onto the end of the pin. Anyone else had this problem?

ronjhall · Jul 19, 2001

Glenn
I didn't read manual./w3tcompact/icons/blush.gif Followed the recommendation that others suggestedhere on TBN./w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif About needing something to do while engine and transmission are warming up./w3tcompact/icons/tongue.gif Like Bird said grease is cheap./w3tcompact/icons/cool.gif I know how much wheels are ($85 with bushings)./w3tcompact/icons/frown.gif I don't want to find out how much a gauge wheel spindle is./w3tcompact/icons/shocked.gif