Excess Grease

[pickeringchris]

Chris I usually loosen the tip, push it on, and then tighten it a bit, pump in grease, then loosen it a little to get if off easily.. takes just a few seconds to do and ends all of the struggling. here is a link:

http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/oil-fuel-lubricants/222738-grease-guns-5.html

The fun begins on post 49

Or this one:

http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/owning-operating/203295-grease-gun-screwdriver.html

good luck..

James K0UA

Hey James!

That's exactly what I do. It's a pain in the *****. :-(
Grease oozes out thru the threads that attach the 2 parts. Gets slippery. Makes it hard to twist.
I just greased my lawn tractor. Nozzle pops on and pops off. One handed operation.
I think the grease fittings on the kioti just have a more aggressive shoulder on them. If that's my only problem with the tractor I'm pretty happy.

 

[k0ua]

Hey James!

That's exactly what I do. It's a pain in the *****. :-(
Grease oozes out thru the threads that attach the 2 parts. Gets slippery. Makes it hard to twist.
I just greased my lawn tractor. Nozzle pops on and pops off. One handed operation.
I think the grease fittings on the kioti just have a more aggressive shoulder on them. If that's my only problem with the tractor I'm pretty happy.

Chris if greasing machinery was any fun there would be people waiting in line to get a shot at it:laughing::laughing: But as it is.. dirty nasty boring sometimes painful job.. I guess we as owners are going to have keep doing it. Hey have you heard I am joining the pack.. expect delivery of my new DK35se later this week..

James K0UA

 

[1wheeler1]

I too have broken them and now have resorted to the loosen and retighten ritual with the grease gun. As a matter of fact had no idea the gun tip was adjustable until I read a thread on TBN. I would like to see a gun that snaps on and then releases much like an air compressor fitting, by just pulling the fitting back to release.

 

[pickeringchris]

Congrats James!!!!

That's awesome. I love that machine. When I was first researching, some of the guys tried to talk me into a CK20. IM really glad I got the CK27 but in hindsite, for a bit more money I would have been way happier with a DK. Mainly for loader capacity so I can lift my pumpkins.

 

[kiotiken]

Congrats James!!!!

That's awesome. I love that machine. When I was first researching, some of the guys tried to talk me into a CK20. IM really glad I got the CK27 but in hindsite, for a bit more money I would have been way happier with a DK. Mainly for loader capacity so I can lift my pumpkins.

I'll second that, I'd love a time machine to go back and buy a DK40/45 cab, the pain would be long gone by now, but you'll drive yourself crazy doing that and you'd just be saying you wish you waited and bought the RX6010 anyway :laughing: Gives me something to look forward to in a few years after the wife forgives me for this one:thumbsup:

Chris, I'm betting your CK27 will lift a 1200lbs pumpkin high enough to load into a trailer. I'm betting you'd lift 1500 or 1600lbs up that high, you just won't be able to lift them to full height, which is probably a good thing!

 

[ritcheyvs]

Well, I got out the pressure washer today and found it does a pretty good job removing globs of old, dirty grease from the loader, especially in hard-to-reach places. It also gets water into the joints so a post-spray grease job was in order. I found it easiest to let the tractor run so I could move the loader to get to all the fittings: some needed the loader down, some up, and some required the bucket dumped almost full down. This is probably some kind of safety violation but, with the motor running, it was easy to re-position the loader/bucket as needed to access the various fittings. But in retrospect, they were probably all accessible with the bucket at full dump and sitting on the dirt.

I had ordered a pneumatic grease gun (Cobalt brand, about $20, off ebay, I think) some time back and gave it a try today. Three shots was just right for each of the loader pins. Even with getting out the air hose, it was easier than my old lever-style gun because it only took one hand to shoot the grease.

Shortly after I got my tractor, used, I noticed two things: the loader squeaked on curl and some pins had two grease fittings. Then I noticed a couple of pins with no grease fittings. Whoever assembled the thing put some pins in the wrong locations. Some pins are lubed via a recessed zerk in the end of the pin and some lubed via a zerk in the middle of the bushing. When I moved the pins to the correct locations I saw some rust but no visible wear so I guess I was lucky

A final observation, moist dirt tends to collect in the forward ends of the lower loader arms and also in front of the lower pivot of the QA adapter for the bucket. I generally don't care about dirt on the tractor but wet dirt in these locations seemed to be causing rust. So I dug out with the rocks and dirt with a screwdriver and blasted out the remains with the pressure washer.

 

[magicheater]

I use the excess grease to fill the recessed greaseable pins so dirt does not pack in there. I also rub other excesses on the ramp slides of my equipment trailer.