Rob in Ontario
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- May 12, 2021
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- Tractor
- Kubota L4240
How much grease is too much on the spindles of a ZD1211 or similar.? I feel like I'm greasing too much. User manual says to grease until it 'overflows'. Okay, but overflows from where?
I don't have a picture of it but under the deck at the blade on each spindle, there is a 'cup' has a 1/4" hole. Obviously greasing from the zerk on the top of the spindle/pulley - I've seen where some have said to grease the spindle until it oozes out of that hole. This is similar to my previous Toro ZTR so that's what I've been doing.
However I'm finding that grease then comes out and sits underneath each pulley above the deck. I do try to clean enough that it doesn't get onto the belt.
FWIW, I've got about 75Hrs and when I got it from the Dealer, I noticed there was enough grease on each to be visible within the 6 holes on top of each pulley.
Any thoughts? Go easy on me if I'm doing it wrong
I don't have a picture of it but under the deck at the blade on each spindle, there is a 'cup' has a 1/4" hole. Obviously greasing from the zerk on the top of the spindle/pulley - I've seen where some have said to grease the spindle until it oozes out of that hole. This is similar to my previous Toro ZTR so that's what I've been doing.
However I'm finding that grease then comes out and sits underneath each pulley above the deck. I do try to clean enough that it doesn't get onto the belt.
FWIW, I've got about 75Hrs and when I got it from the Dealer, I noticed there was enough grease on each to be visible within the 6 holes on top of each pulley.
Any thoughts? Go easy on me if I'm doing it wrong