Excess Grease

[ritcheyvs]

What does everybody do about the excess grease that oozes out when greasing the many Zerk fittings? Generally, I ignore it until it gets rally ugly or I think I'll brush against it. Then I try to wipe off the worst of it with a paper towel. What do the pros do?

 

[jem041279]

Wipe off what you can and use wd40 or diesel on rag and clean up the rest. Cleans up pretty well

 

[s219]

I haven't done anything about it, and now my work clothes are showing it. I will definitely wipe up the excess next time around. I will second the idea to use WD_40 or diesel to neatly clean up grease.

 

[kiotiken]

What does everybody do about the excess grease that oozes out when greasing the many Zerk fittings? Generally, I ignore it until it gets rally ugly or I think I'll brush against it. Then I try to wipe off the worst of it with a paper towel. What do the pros do?

The pros, or my dealer anyway, use break cleaner to take it off. They were kind enough to leave me a couple cans, that's just kind of extra service you get from an A1 dealer like Bromley Farm in Douglas Ont. :thumbsup:

 

[tractchores]

They also make gojo wipes that work pretty good.

 

[rimshot]

Those FEL's and backhoes can be a nuiscance to keep free of extra grease. I figure paper towels are cheap and I always try to keep the equipment halfway clean. Who needs to get grease on their seat after walking close to a greasee joint. Don't let it stop you from using enough of the stuff to be assured the joint is taking grease and you are flushing the dirt and moisture out. So I guess if you can't see it you are not using enough of the stuff.

rimshot

 

[Highbeam]

I first go around with a paper towel in my left hand and use my right hand to scoop out the huge amounts of grease/dirt slop into the paper towel. After the hand job I switch to paper towels to try and wipe up more. Then finally I use several diesel soaked paper towels to finish the job.

It's not that I rub clothes onto the excess grease, it is the branches and other greenery that drag across the joints to pick up and then deposit the grease all over the machine.

I have made little tiki torches out of the paper towels loaded with grease. My excess grease is seldom soft and flowing but usually quite firm and mixed with dirt.

 

[jem041279]

I will try the tikki torch thing:thumbsup:

 

[Coyote machine]

The pros, or my dealer anyway, use break cleaner to take it off. They were kind enough to leave me a couple cans, that's just kind of extra service you get from an A1 dealer like Bromley Farm in Douglas Ont. :thumbsup:

Braklean is NOT paint friendly. I wouldn't use it anywhere it could get on my tractor's paint. I would use diluted Spray Nine or other cleaner which will NOT harm paint.
Ten+ years owning/ running a foreign auto shop and no chemicals that have potential to damage paint were anywhere near a customer's painted surfaces. Use the brake cleaner ONLY on bare metal like brake rotors or suffer the consequences of paint softening, destruction.

 

[ritcheyvs]

Braklean is NOT paint friendly.

I would also be concerned about washing grease out of critical areas with break cleaner. But I like the idea of using WD-40 or Diesel, I had not thought of that. Thanks for all the good feedback.