What grease?

[Andrew]

Got a verge mower with a ball end that gets quite a lot of pollen / sap around it. Unless given grease every 5-6 hrs when working, it stops taking grease, you have to dig the old grease put with a pick then it’ll take it again. The grease goes hard and grainy.
Using Morris K42EP multi purpose grease at the moment. Would different grease last longer?

 

[ollie989898]

Would it be worth rigging it up with an autolube system? Now much movement does the mower do in work? Might not be worth it for the annual workload. I think many autolube systems are set to pump in a shot of grease every 20 minutes or so? Worth exploring using fully synthetic? Probably all fruitless.

 

[Will 1594]

Use the blue or red stuff , and do it more often ,no hardship 2/7 pumps every couple hours

 

[Bobthebuilder]

The HP stuff would probably be better, can you not make a cover to stop the crap getting in

 

[Fendt516profi]

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[Hesstondriver]

High temp grease ?

 

[roscoe erf]

Got a verge mower with a ball end that gets quite a lot of pollen / sap around it. Unless given grease every 5-6 hrs when working, it stops taking grease, you have to dig the old grease put with a pick then it’ll take it again. The grease goes hard and grainy.
Using Morris K42EP multi purpose grease at the moment. Would different grease last longer?

would 5th wheel grease be a better bet

 

[ED.D]

would 5th wheel grease be a better bet

Have used similar with the manual stop on a small engine. The salt would cease it in no time so we put a big gob of waterproof/open gear grease over it and it worked a treat.

 

[tomlad]

Dunno if applicable but as a dry lube I'm rating this atm goes dry quickly so not too sticky to attract shite. ?
Good 4 padlocks. https://www.wd40.com/products/dry-lube/

 

[Hardy_Spicer]

As already stated the Blue Lithium EP2 SV is the only stuff I use now. Very durable and doesn't cut up with water like the general stuff. Not much more expensive either

 

[DrDunc]

As already stated the Blue Lithium EP2 SV is the only stuff I use now. Very durable and doesn't cut up with water like the general stuff. Not much more expensive either

I find the blue stuff tends to form a skin and harden quickly? Should I be adding grease more frequently?

Been using the red lithium stuff from Total recently, mostly on loader bushes and implement roller bearings. Seems a nice compromise; much better lube than ep2, stickier but still relatively viscous compared to blue stuff, and doesn't form the skin?

 

[tomlad]

Dude on utube used a blue grease on bearing on a electric motor as blue is for electrical stuff ??
I've only recently tried red ,which im liking.

 

[Hardy_Spicer]

I find the blue stuff tends to form a skin and harden quickly? Should I be adding grease more frequently?

Been using the red lithium stuff from Total recently, mostly on loader bushes and implement roller bearings. Seems a nice compromise; much better lube than ep2, stickier but still relatively viscous compared to blue stuff, and doesn't form the skin?

Thats interesting, the only real difference between the blue and red is the temperature difference. Red being that few degrees more resistant.
All depends on how regularly you grease these parts to I suppose yes.
I've had no issues with the blue but maybe different brands vary, I use Gem.

 

[Lakesdigger]

The colour in grease is just a dye so not necessarily related to the temp range or application of the grease.

 

[ollie989898]

The colour in grease is just a dye so not necessarily related to the temp range or application of the grease.

This was my understanding also. Colour being no guide to quality or specification.

 

[Finn farmer]

LE1233 seems to be great grease in many applications. Sticks like an std and isn't afraid of cold or very hot temperatures.

 

[Simon Chiles]

Got a verge mower with a ball end that gets quite a lot of pollen / sap around it. Unless given grease every 5-6 hrs when working, it stops taking grease, you have to dig the old grease put with a pick then it’ll take it again. The grease goes hard and grainy.
Using Morris K42EP multi purpose grease at the moment. Would different grease last longer?

Personally I’d swap it over to a polyurea grease, we use it for almost everything. You’ll probably still need to grease it very frequently at first to flush out the lithium grease as they don’t mix well but after that I’d be confident it would be better in the end. You can get it from a JD dealer, they call it Severe Duty Polyurea.

 

[vantage]

Where’s our resident lube expert , @Cowabunga ?

 

[Cowabunga]

Where’s our resident lube expert , @Cowabunga ?

I think this is the ideal application for a Moly grease. It’s more like a plain bearing than a roller or ball bearing and grease containing molybdenum disulphide is great for this and doesn’t tend to dry out. It’s too good at being anti-friction for ball or roller bearings because the rotating elements tend to stop rotating, those being the balls and rollers. Probably well worth trying a tube or two.

 

[steh]

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01LYRIV9L?ref_=cm_sw_r_cp_ud_dp_E3HBWAGGMYPPNQ9VED8W

Would something like this be any use?
It may be that it would be a place it gets knocked off.
If so you can use a grease gun flexy pipe to keep it up in a safer place, seen that done before.