TheFIXSMITHgrease hose is another flexible product suitable for different hand-operated grease guns. However, the grease hose only uses a specific coupler with full access to such grease guns. So, if you use a power-operated lube grease gun, this is not the best solution for you. Thanks to...
Once you havethe right type of grease, attachthe nozzle of the grease gunto one of thetractor’s zerks(grease fittings). Pull back on the lever to fill the chamber with grease and then press down on it to release it into the fitting. Repeat this process for each zerk until all are ...
The grease injector needle appears with a screw that allows the grease gun operator to contact flush type or hard to reach hydraulic type fittings. It includes a grease zerk. You have to attach the adaptor with your grease gun. In general, the grease zerk needle adapter features a quick dis...
Find the top of the deck spindles on the mower deck. The spindles turn the blades and have a metal housing over them. There is a grease zerk at the top of each deck spindle visible through the metal housing. Attach the grease gun to one of the zerks and pump two portions of grease ...
Set the spindle washer back in place and then replace the spindle nut. Tighten the spindle nut with the socket wrench. Step 10 Replace the retainer nut and then set the grease cap back on the hub and use a hammer to tap it back in place....
Find the top of the deck spindles on the mower deck. Attach the grease gun to one of the zerks and pump two portions of grease into it. Tip A grease zerk is a small, nipple-like device on a piece of machinery. Its tip serves as the male connection to the female fitting of a grea...
Without question, obsolescence is fundamental to the evolution of engineering and technology. The old must make way for the new. Yet some inventions have long life cycles, the grease fitting for example. Its design has changed little since Oscar Zerk invented it in the early 1920s, yet is ...
The fulcrum bush in the bottom of the kingpin shown above is almost worn right through on the lower left hand side. The bush has become oval shaped, instead of round, as it should be. It just goes to show you how important it is to grease that bottom "Zerk" fitting on the kingpin ...