Loader New Operators, lets grease our Front End Loaders!

[dkemick]

Wanted to say thank you for this thread. I am at 9.6 hrs and just noticed a squeak in the fel tonight. I ponied up for the lincoln powerluber and am hoping I can figure out how to use it

Question... Are any of the zerks on the fel at risk of being over greased like something with a seal? I have a 2011 BX2360 with the LA243 loader. This will be my first EVER greasing of anything.

 

[Turbys_1700]

Good post...
I am very diligent about greasing my stuff including my FEL...
It's is sorta hard to get into a routine greasing it because I don't use it as much as my RFM...
Out of habit sake I grease my mower every two times I use it and pop the FEL also...
Grease is cheap...

 

[sawduster98]

When I can get off the tractor and still have clean clothes I know it's time to grease! :laughing:

 

[k0ua]

Wanted to say thank you for this thread. I am at 9.6 hrs and just noticed a squeak in the fel tonight. I ponied up for the lincoln powerluber and am hoping I can figure out how to use it

Question... Are any of the zerks on the fel at risk of being over greased like something with a seal? I have a 2011 BX2360 with the LA243 loader. This will be my first EVER greasing of anything.

No, grease until you are happy. The excess grease just makes a mess, and falls to the ground. Or as the other poster said, finds its way onto your clothing.

James K0UA

 

[dkemick]

Thanks K0UA! I never thought greasing would make me nervous...

 

[Skyssx]

I work as a service writer and I know the importance of greasing often. When the family was finally able to buy a SCUT, I knew I wasn't going to mess around. I got a Lincoln pneumatic grease gun with the 30" hose and picked up a base of moly grease at the nearby auto parts store. The SC2450 has a FEL and backhoe standard, and we were certainly using both. At 10 hours in, I pressured washed the machine and greased it.

The FEL took grease and spat out red grease from every pin. The back hoe did the same except for one hidden zerk on the lower swing pivot, and all the pivots at the bucket. The bucket pivots just spit out water and some dirt. SO! Lesson learned, the working bits of the back hoe get greased every time it is used!

Just got my MMM yesterday, so I haven't used it yet, but i'm thinking I need a high speed bearing grease for the spindles instead of the low speed moly grease i'm using on the pivots. I could always repack the taper bearings by hand.

 

[Travelover]

I work as a service writer and I know the importance of greasing often. ........

My manual says to grease it every 10 hours. Sometimes I hate getting up in the middle of a cold night, but I know it is important.

 

[firemanpat2910]

My manual says to grease it every 10 hours. Sometimes I hate getting up in the middle of a cold night, but I know it is important.

now that is funny right there

 

[MarkV]

now that is funny right there

+1 :thumbsup:

MarkV

 

[k0ua]

+1 :thumbsup:

MarkV

+2.. and I don' care who ya are! that there's funny!

 

[roman]

x 3 :thumbsup:

 

[slofr8]

My manual says to grease it every 10 hours. Sometimes I hate getting up in the middle of a cold night, but I know it is important.

Great! Now I've got coffee all over my laptop.
Thanks for that!
Dan.

 

[Uncle Fester]

Now here is the thing about grease gun tips, here it comes, they are "knurled" for a reason on the tip. They unscrew with your thumb and finger so that the 3 or 4 jaw chuck inside may slip over the zerk easily and you can tighten them while they are on the zerk if you desire so that they do not pop off from the pressure, and you may loosen them again to remove them instead of yanking, and shoving them side to side which breaks off the zerks or pulls out the press in kind.
James K0UA

Well, I have learned something new today! Thanks for the tip.

 

[k0ua]

Well, I have learned something new today! Thanks for the tip.

Howdy Uncle, This is a pretty old thread.. but some of us are still here!
I have moved on to the best thing since sliced bread in the way of a grease gun tip. The LockNlube coupler.. Check it out.

LocknLube® grease gun coupler ends greasing frustration.

 

[Looking4new]

I grease my loader AND snow blower after every time I use them. I don't care if I only use it for an hour or all day, it gets greased when I am finished. A case of grease is way cheaper than replacing busted pins and fried bearings. I have winter grease from Shell and use it all year long.