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TimCNY 
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Posted: 25 Jun 2019 at 9:27am |
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For steering, WD45 wide front. Not an easy item to find and pretty expensive when it is found. Nothing local to me but I did find Lubriplate SPO-288 available for $65/gallon shipped. I know it takes just a quart or so, but this tractor's going to be on a tight maintenance regimen from now on; better the prevention than the cure. Any recommendations? Lubriplate OK? I'd rather stick with dino instead of synthetic, the synthetic is just crazy more expensive from what I've been able to find.
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TimCNY
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Posted: 25 Jun 2019 at 9:51am |
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Also the Lubriplate APG-250, not sure if a better choice. In line with the SPO-288 price-wise.
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Posted: 25 Jun 2019 at 9:58am |
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Why not just corn head gearbox grease ?? Readily available one tube at a time and much cheaper than you are thinking.
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Posted: 25 Jun 2019 at 10:08am |
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What SAE weight is the corn head grease?
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TimCNY
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Posted: 25 Jun 2019 at 10:09am |
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Well, Doc, I figure because I didn't know that corn head grease was a suitable substitute. If you say so, that's what I'll get! Thank you.
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Posted: 25 Jun 2019 at 10:24am |
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John, didn't see your post when I replied. I haven't a clue, either. Just on my way out right now to get a tube or two on my way back to the farm, maybe I'll hold off. But I figure if DrAllis says good to go, who am I to say otherwise? I'll get the corn head grease and call it good until and unless there's a reason to replace it. But for now I'm calling it good enough.
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Posted: 25 Jun 2019 at 10:27am |
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What SAE weight is the corn head grease?
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This would be NGLI 00 or 000 grease. It isn't the same as oil. Oil is supposed to flow. Grease isn't
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Don(MO)
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Posted: 25 Jun 2019 at 10:31am |
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Like Doc when I rebuild front ends they all get corn head grease, I pack the bearings and as they are being built then just fill the housing up to the fill hole, drive it around in first gear turning hard left & right and refill back up again. You might try removing the grease fitting off the end of gun it might pump in faster I have not tried doing that but might help.
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Posted: 25 Jun 2019 at 10:32am |
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OK. That's corn head grease for me. Hard to say that or read it and not get hungry for a stack of johnnycakes lol!
Edited by TimCNY - 25 Jun 2019 at 10:34am
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Posted: 25 Jun 2019 at 12:05pm |
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Pack with grease than top off with Lucas hub oil.
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Posted: 25 Jun 2019 at 5:50pm |
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I've seen several times where guys mixed grease and oil in the front end to make something close to 250 wt, less scientific that way but if it doesn't leak out lubrication is lubrication.
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Posted: 25 Jun 2019 at 6:21pm |
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I put corn head grease in all mine it's a little thicker than 250w but still will flow around the gears. When we had problem gear boxes on aircraft we mixed grease and hyd fluid 50/50 and heated til you could stir. It was a leagle fix for leaky gear boxes on air planes till it went to the next 5 year depot Maintance.
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Posted: 25 Jun 2019 at 7:05pm |
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Corn head grease is in. But I think it's a lot easier to tell how much is in there when it flows a bit. I figure there's about 1-1/2 tubes of grease. Turned left-right stop-to-stop a lot in-between fillings. Topping it off with Lucas hub oil doesn't sound like a bad idea to me, might try that after a few days of working her.
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