Lubing FEL

[Jeff396]

Confused, you lift the bucket off the ground before you put the pins in. Doesn't this just remove the fel from the brackets again? I fiddled around with it but did not actually rock it out of the bracket again. I'll give that a try on Sunday when I have more time. Another question, when I removed the Fel and went to put the rubber caps on, they were filthy. Had to clean and blow each out with air. Did anyone on the forum have any trick solution for this or am I being too ****.......AGAIN???

Jeff

p.s. Ran into the truck with the fel, sticks out further that I thought. I knew I was getting close, but not that close. Just a little ding in the running board. Argggggggg!

 

[MikePA]

<font color=blue>p.s. Ran into the truck with the fel, sticks out further that I thought. I knew I was getting close, but not that close. Just a little ding in the running board. Argggggggg!</font color=blue>

Wow, that beats my story of running into the swing set! I solved that by cutting the swing set down. Girls are 17 and 14 now, so they don't use the swing set much anymore. /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

 

[Jeff396]

I think I saw that picture a while back. Fortunately, I just put a ding the size of a half dollar in one of those stainless steel tube running boards. Easily replaced if it bothers me. I just shudder to think if I had the bucket a bit higher and caught some sheet metal!!!!

Jeff

 

[ronjhall]

Jeff
Sorry to hear about your FEL damaging your truck.. You may not be spending enough time checking out old post on TBN./w3tcompact/icons/blush.gif Give this thread a try. It may help./w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif/w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif/w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif

 

[Youare]

I have a L3000 with FEL with 30 hours on it, I have noticed that one lift cylinder every now and then drips a little oil out the bottom seal. I have yet to contact the dealer, but plan to. I have the LB400A loader, I think this is the same loader that the L3010 has.

The manual for my loader recommends a grease that has moly in it. I picked up a tube of that stuff and found it to be nasty to remove from anything that you don't want it on. I have looked a several different types of grease that are not so messy. I would rather put a type of lube on more often that I can clean off places where it doesn't have to be.

Randy

 

[snowman]

"Confused, you lift the bucket off the ground before you put the pins in. Doesn't this just remove the fel from the brackets again? "

Jeff;
The pins basically secure the loader arms to the frame. Once the "lip" of the loader arm is securely in the loader frame, that's when I lift the bucket off the ground (just off the ground, not high) and slip the pins in. If the loader is on securely, the pins will be very easy to move.

Rubber caps - I assume you mean the caps covering the hydraulics connections? If so, they're always dirty. I always wipe them clean; always make sure that the connections are clean too before I hook them up.

 

[dkchandler]

Hook,
I like synthetic lubricants, Slick 50 makes a "One Grease" that is PTFE (Teflon) fortified.
Works great for me, it is about $4 a tube @ Wal-Mart.

 

[Hoosier_Daddy]

<font color=blue>text</font color=blue> "I solved that by cutting the swing set down. Girls are 17 and 14 now, so they don't use the swing set much anymore. "

Won't be too many years and you will be putting a swing set back up..... Grand Kids.... Oh, that's right... They get a better one than the kids did........ Forgot that....... Tom

 

[Anonymous Poster]

I use polyurea grease compound... It has a excellent water washout resistance and a good low temperature pumpability.. It is superior in extreme pressure and antiwear properties and not -corrosice to yellow metals (bushings). It resists structural breakdown under severe conditions and resists salt water corrosion! It is great for industrial equipment and tractors!!! I would not recomend mixing greases.. There is a great compatibility problem with many grease's so flush out the old grease before you change to another family of grease! Good luck and keep that tractor well lubed! Dan

 

[cisco]

I use the marine type grease (water resistant, Teflon added), for boat trailer wheels. I've lubed my FEL every 10 hours of use - not general tractor use, FEL use - which is what the instructions apply to. The grease fittings are standard - & I've taken to popping the large pins on the main arms, smearing them with grease, then rotating the bucket just a tad (to partially disengage the loader from its frame), greasing the bar on which the loader arms rest, and then re-aligning things and getting back to work (bucket must be on level ground, of course, or realigning things could take a bit of time) The remaining fittings - anyone's guess. I do a full tractor lube when I do the FEL, as it only takes a few extra minutes, and I already have the grease gun in my hand, and look grubby anyway.