Front eating grease

[horticattleman]

Kinda of a dumb question, but here goes. I have a 335 and noticed grease zerks on the front axle area behind the tire(?) Anyways i put 2 tubes of grease in each one and still havent seen any come out of the joints next to it where it pivots when you turn the steering wheel. I know this is confusing with someone who doesn't know the actual terminology, buut all in all I can't understand where its going. All the other ones take one pump and you see the excess coming out (all around the tractor at the other zerks)

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[Wacky]

Can you post pics?

 

[horticattleman]

I'll try later, but the zerks are on the steering thing. Next to the tire on the inside.

 

[wallace]

Once you get a 35lb drum of grease in there you should start to see it come out.....
Okay so let me explain what is going on...That grease fitting is to be able to get grease to the top of the spindle bearings and gears. The lower will be taken care of by the front axel fluid.
If you look at the parts picture you will see what I am talking about.
By injecting that much grease all your are doing is filling up the hub and you will eventually start to fill the front axel tube.
Like I tell all my customers 2 pump every 10 hour is perfect, if you are greasing to see grease come out that is not the proper technique.
View attachment bobcat front axel.bmp

 

[horticattleman]

Am I hurting anything. Needless to say I will stop now. Should I take it apart and remove what I put in???

 

[wallace]

It should be fine. You may see that your Axel fluid Will have some grease content to it when you change it out but I'm sure there is no need to pull anything apart.

 

[horticattleman]

Thanks Rick as usual.