Zetor Drum Mower - Special Grease

[kballein]

I have a ZTR185 drum mower. I've only had it one season and wanted to do some maintenance before mowing this year. I do have an operator's manual. The manuals says to replace the grease in the gearbox above the drums every 3 years. It also says to use multipurpose grease.

The only way to replace the grease is to take a bunch of bolts to take off the top plate of the gearbox. On the plate there is a sticker that says "Special Grease". It looks like the top plate has never been off. It's a 2000 year model.

Does anyone know if this is EP-0 grease and maybe I don't need to take the top plate off and replace the grease? I've read on other brands with EP-0 grease you only replace the grease if a repair is required. The mower runs fine. No noise or vibrations.

Thanks,
Ken

 

[powerscol]

Have you tried calling someone that sells them. There are several advertisers here and I am sure one would talk to you about this. However this is on my wish list for the future, so I am very curious on the answer.

 

[kballein]

Have you tried calling someone that sells them. There are several advertisers here and I am sure one would talk to you about this. However this is on my wish list for the future, so I am very curious on the answer.

I did sent an email to Zetor on Saturday and I got a response today. I was really impressed with their service. He said it does use regular multipurpose grease and if it isn't leaking grease then no water is getting in. He advised if it isn't leaking to leave it alone.