Good morning!!!!

[daugen]

super helpful post, thanks Popgadget. So...lithium is the likely
answer for mower spindles, moly is the answer (usually) for slow moving high pressure parts.
Lithium it is. Interesting though there does not appear to be any lithium in JD's best multipurpose grease which they specifically mention mower spindles.

John Deere SD Polyurea Multi-Purpose Grease​

John Deere OEM grease comes factory filled for all John Deere Equipment. Great for Tractors, Combines, construction equipment, forestry equipment, lawn and grounds care equipment, implements, trucks and autos. This is a very commonly used kind of grease for spindles of lawn mowers.

since I think any grease will work on lawn mower zerks, except for the spindles, I still remain curious as to the best grease for high speed bearings.
Would a wheel bearing be similar to a mower spindle?
A grease for a FEL pivot needs the extreme pressure rating, I don't. I'd think spindle grease would be as oil like as possible. ??

someone must be a chemist here...

 

[lostcreekranch]

super helpful post, thanks Popgadget. So...lithium is the likely
answer for mower spindles, moly is the answer (usually) for slow moving high pressure parts.
Lithium it is. Interesting though there does not appear to be any lithium in JD's best multipurpose grease which they specifically mention mower spindles.

John Deere SD Polyurea Multi-Purpose Grease​

John Deere OEM grease comes factory filled for all John Deere Equipment. Great for Tractors, Combines, construction equipment, forestry equipment, lawn and grounds care equipment, implements, trucks and autos. This is a very commonly used kind of grease for spindles of lawn mowers.

since I think any grease will work on lawn mower zerks, except for the spindles, I still remain curious as to the best grease for high speed bearings.
Would a wheel bearing be similar to a mower spindle?
A grease for a FEL pivot needs the extreme pressure rating, I don't. I'd think spindle grease would be as oil like as possible. ??

someone must be a chemist here...

As RNG noted .. any grease is better than .. no grease.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

77°F and clear skies this morning, going up to 102° today. Record for today is 100° from 1953, or so I'm told by a voice on the radio.

All this grease talk reminds me that my tractor needs a few squeezes as well.

It reminds me I don’t know crap about grease. I thought grease was grease, I have no idea what type I have, other than it’s black.

 

[kenmbz]

Morning all, sunny and nice for the bridge walk this morning, took the dog too. Cool 60 degrees.
5 turkey hens out front when we came back, all large, and all not scared of car, but ran when saw the dog.

Roy - Whiskey audit next!

Off to flail the side yards and the trail. Will rise the roller first. Got inconsistent results yesterday.
Ends up the 3pt was to high on one side, I know rookie mistake.

The dolly I built for the BH works well, need to put a cover on it this morning.

Stay safe and be well

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning!!!! 79F @ 7:00AM. Abundant sunshine. Near record high temperatures. High 111F. Winds light and variable.

The Lucas grease I mentioned is polyurea, another clue that it might be the same as what JD is selling. Not needed for mower spindles, but according to the videos in this post, it won't hurt them, either. If you had to pick one and only one grease for everything, the polyurea would be a good choice. It has a NLGI GC-LB rating, as explained in this video. Moly isn't good for roller and ball type bearings, but it's the best high pressure additive you can get for FEL type pins.

One of the best ways to find something you've misplaced is to go buy another one, Drew...

That might be the cutest turkey shot ever, Ron!

Years ago I made up a test light by soldering a pair of wires to an old brake light bulb. Hardly ever used it. Picked up a real test light last year, and hardly ever use that, either. I seem to reach for a DVM anytime I'm doing electrical work, since it does resistance, continuity with a beep, voltage, and current measurements all in one tool. Hope you find the bug in the Yaris without too much trouble, Kyle. You've already got a lot on your plate with all that hail damage.

The water situation in California is yet another man made problem having its roots in mismanagement, Drew. It doesn't take a climate scientist to understand that a growing population (at least until the most recent census) will need more water. And that agricultural needs dwarf those of residential users. If you look at the levels of any of the California reservoirs, they fluctuate all over the place, and have done so since they were built. That's why they were built in the first place: flood control. They also store water for use in the dry summers. But instead of building more reservoirs, older, smaller ones are being dismantled because the agencies and businesses that own them don't want to pay for the cost of maintaining them. And plans for new, large reservoirs seem hopelessly snared in red tape, and have been for years. Same story with the electrical grid, specifically generation capacity. Years ago, PG&E sold off most of its generation capacity to save money on maintenance costs. Now they have to buy power on the open market during periods of high demand, resulting in one of the highest rate schedules in the country. Same story with wildfire. Years of neglecting the fuel loads in our forests causes huge fires that can't be put out except for letting them burn until they exhaust available fuel. But cleaning up the forests costs money, money that is now being used to garner favor with the voters. The voters vote for bread and circuses, and what a circus we have now...

While it was still relatively cool yesterday morning (temps in the low 80F range is considered cool here this time of year, Eric) I measured the lengths of the trench segments. The lateral at the top of the hill is 130' long, the run down the hill is right at 400', and the jog to the pump house adds another 30'. As of yesterday, I only have that last 30' piece to go, but because it runs in the same ground as the electrical, antenna, and phone/ethernet lines, digging will be slow and careful. Yesterday's digging crossed a drain line from the water softener, and because I knew the location where the two crossed, I managed not to break it. I hope my luck continues.

There's another Airheads tech day this weekend, and I'm headed out this morning on the zebra bike to get some time out of the heat and help the organizer get set up tomorrow morning. I'm taking along a drive shaft boot, and depending on how things go, might even install it to replace the torn one on the bike. I've already promised to fix another buddy's over rotating center stand, which should be fairly simple, but who knows what else will show up. Lake Tahoe is a great place to be in a heat wave, though.

TGIF gang!

 

[check]

Drove it, loved it, bought it.

Goof for you Doug - looks real sharp!

 

[MoKelly]

Heat advisory here from 1pm until 7pm —- real temp at 101F with a feel like of 107F. High humidity also - around 70%.

So, all outside stuff was done early.

We also need some rain.

Have a Good Friday.

MoKelly

 

[sodamo]

68°F and .42 inches rain

Off the Hilo town and Safeway to check out $5 Friday. Stop at PO on return then back to project. Hoping to get last of Sheetrock hung.

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day

 

[daugen]

two hours of scraping black iron railing and repainting in hot sun. 85 degrees and I'm soaked.
But better today than tomorrow.
Job done, should have realized I'd have to do a lot of scraping and then ran 100 grit over everything.
had to blue tape the house where railing attached, waiting for that to dry. Every time I try to take blue tape
off too early I usually get paint somewhere I don't want.
Just keeping the landlord happy.

PT went well, she's using some electroshock gizmo that makes my skin crawl but that in conjunction with ice at the end sends me
out of there feeling much better. Pain comes back of course but tiny bit of improvement each day.

It's a beautiful summer day. Except for the annoying cicadas. They fly right into me, maybe thinking I'm a moving tree?

 

[kenmbz]

The flail is working good did the short trail and all the areas where I started clearing the dead ash trees.
Only problem is the clips they supply are so weak they keep falling out.
Trip to Tractor supply later. The pin I bought as a spare has not fallen out. lost 2 pins though.

Pictures when I get a chance.

Drew, no cicadas here, very quiet at night too, with only a few sounding off, lots of fireflys and all the other usual suspects.