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#42821 05/28/2004 3:18 PM | Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 1,002 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 1,002 | Here's the story. Grease fitting wouldn't take grease. Removed grease fitting, cleaned out old hardened grease, hardened grease still in bearing. Put diesel fuel in zerx hole left sit overnight, did the same with Kroil, no help. Sprayed everything down with brake cleaner, no help. This bearing is the pivot point on the front of a Massey-Ferguson tractor. To clean the bearing means removing everything from the front of the engine forward. Does anyone have a magic elixir to desolve or soften the harden grease? Thanks for any help.
Larry
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#42822 05/28/2004 3:27 PM | | Anonymous Unregistered | | Anonymous Unregistered | Can you get some heat on it without toasting any rubber cap on the joint or yourself? Maybe not a cutting torch but a smaller propane flame may soften it up. Be careful though. | | |
#42823 05/28/2004 4:08 PM | Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 230 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 230 | A very common problem , just heat it up a little bit with a common plumber's propane torch , the fresh grease will squish right on in .
-Nate
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#42824 05/28/2004 4:23 PM | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,742 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,742 | Ditto on the heat, but in that location, you'll need a lot of it! The cast iron pivot will bleed heat away about as quick as it's applied, so use an acetyline torch, and really warm it up. Just be sure there's no accumulation of grease, grass, or anything else flammable to catch fire while you're doing it, and watch out for hot grease squirting everywhere when it finaly lets go. I rehabbed a M-F tractor recently that had the spindles rusted into the front axle, so the steering wouldn't turn. That one took a rosebud torch and a lot of heating to break the rust loose.
Jerry
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#42825 05/28/2004 6:02 PM | Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 1,002 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 1,002 | Hotrod, Your right on all counts. You know what PITA it would be to pull apart and clean. Since heat seems to be the answer, I'll take that approach. Thanks everyone.
Larry
68 C20 327 daily driver
63 C20 292 Camper truck
65 C10 ? Custom Cab AC,PB,PS,$flasher
I don't own a vehicle that isn't old enough to drink.
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