greasing the tractor

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bluebell

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• Jan 14, 2019

• #1

does anyone jackup the front of their tractor when greasing the front axle kingpins and pivit pin, the reason i ask was on youtube someone said grease got in better and lasted better, comments please

 

Mursal

Member

• Jan 14, 2019

• #2

Yes it will get in better and more will go where its needed, not beside it, especially the bottom pins. Some lads even go from lock to lock while greasing, but that might be a step to far? Its just the hassle of jacking them up ....

 

davedb

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Location

Staffordshire

• Jan 14, 2019

• #3

I jack mine up but it’s easily done with double acting front linkage, just put some blocks under the arms and lift them up in seconds I do mine every couple of tank fills of diesel

 

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Spanish

Member

• Jan 14, 2019

• #4

It is better to raise it slightly, so that the axes of rotation are released around its contour. If we raise it a lot we go from being totally supported the upper part of the shaft to being totally supported in the lower part.
It is about releasing the surroundings of the obejective axes so that the fat is distributed all around them. I hope you understand me

 

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2wheels

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Location

aberdeenshire

• Jan 14, 2019

• #5

bluebell said:

does anyone jackup the front of their tractor when greasing the front axle kingpins and pivit pin, the reason i ask was on youtube someone said grease got in better and lasted better, comments please

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aye always did, front linkage made it easy.

 

Muck Spreader

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Livestock Farmer

Location

Limousin

• Jan 14, 2019

• #6

bluebell said:

does anyone jackup the front of their tractor when greasing the front axle kingpins and pivit pin, the reason i ask was on youtube someone said grease got in better and lasted better, comments please

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You mean your supposed to grease them. I always thought the cow sh!t did that.

 

Bloders

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Location

Ruabon

• Jan 14, 2019

• #7

Yes. Front linkage though

 

Bury the Trash

Member

Mixed Farmer

• Jan 14, 2019

• #8

Farm Jack under the weight frame and ease a bit of weight on..
...for those without da front linkage ?

But I guess depends how big yer tractor is ..... my farm Jack lift 3 t

 

Ali_Maxxum

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Location

Chepstow, Wales

• Jan 14, 2019

• #9

I've never once thought about jacking up the tractor to grease it? Fully front suspended on mine, all the grease goes in easy, I just think the amount it moves and everything else I can imagine the grease manages to find it's way around everywhere it needs to go?

 

Chae1

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Location

Aberdeenshire

• Jan 14, 2019

• #10

Ali_Maxxum said:

I've never once thought about jacking up the tractor to grease it? Fully front suspended on mine, all the grease goes in easy, I just think the amount it moves and everything else I can imagine the grease manages to find it's way around everywhere it needs to go?

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Imagine case is same as NH, I don't think 1 grease nipple on point where axle pivots is enough. Can't imagine it can get worked all the way round.

 

Chae1

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Location

Aberdeenshire

• Jan 14, 2019

• #11

Do dealers use red grease to check if your actually greasing it!?

 

Mursal

Member

• Jan 14, 2019

• #12

Unfortunately the grease wont go into every corner, it will take the path of least resistance, so if it can get out it will leaving the contact area dry. No good greasing blind, it needs to come out after passing through the joint.

 

Happy

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Location

Scotland

• Jan 14, 2019

• #13

Yes, i do the same with forklift. Put block of wood beneath pickup hitch then push down until rear wheels lift off the ground. Gets grease to bits of the centre pivot pin that don’t usually get it.

 

ACEngineering

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Location

Oxon

• Jan 14, 2019

• #14

Happy said:

Yes, i do the same with forklift. Put block of wood beneath pickup hitch then push down until rear wheels lift off the ground. Gets grease to bits of the centre pivot pin that don’t usually get it.

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Good man.
Lift front wheels off ground with boom to grease the bottom lift ram pin aswell.

 

le bon paysan

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Livestock Farmer

Location

Limousin, France

• Jan 14, 2019

• #15

I grease pivot as normal then lift on the loader and grease again.

 

Tarw Coch

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Location

Bottom of Wats Dyke

• Jan 14, 2019

• #16

Chae1 said:

Do dealers use red grease to check if your actually greasing it!?

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Don’t know, but as I use red grease anyway I don’t think they’d learn a lot.

 

feilding

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Mixed Farmer

Location

At Home

• Jan 14, 2019

• #17

A loader also makes greasing easy. Always lift wheels of ground to grease. Done it since the eighty's

 

Mursal

Member

• Jan 14, 2019

• #18

But as mentioned before by someone more cleverer than me, just take a bit of weight off, not it all

 

Selectamatic

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Location

North Wales

• Jan 14, 2019

• #19

Grease?!

 

icanshootwell

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Location

Ross-on-wye

• Jan 15, 2019

• #20

Selectamatic said:

Grease?!

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Watched it 3 times now.