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Most of those old button grease fitting where made to take oil not grease
All the crawler rollers and idlers i know of took gear oil and the idea was
to flush out dirt and water with fresh oil every so many hours of running .
I was always told if it had a button fitting use gear oil if it had a grease
zirk use grease.For awhile John Deere made a roller grease i believe it is
the same grease they call Corn Head grease now . It stays a solid until it
starts to get warm then turns to a liquid then solids up when cooled off.
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Cecil E Monson" <cmonson at hvc.rr.com>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Saturday, November 20, 2004 7:12 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] no mail today


> > Maybe I should have used the word "bushings".  this was most obvious on
crawler track rollers.
> >
> > Mike
> >
> > Cecil E Monson wrote:
> >
> >>> I would make a comment about that. Some older systems relied on grease
> >>
> >> to keep dirt out of joints - they counted on the grease gun to push old
> >> dirty grease out and new clean grease in.
> >>
> >>     I have to admit that is a new one on me. I never heard of it
> >> before but maybe I've led a sheltered life. I've never had any dirt get
> >> into MY joints.
> >>
> >> Cecil
>
>
> Well, my two crawlers have both pins and bushings but none that I
> have ever seen were greasable. They are pressed in and never require
> greasing. Rollers need grease on the older crawlers but newer machines
> have sealed bearings and don't have grease fittings. You might be thinking
> of the rollers.
>
> Cecil
> -- 
> The nicest thing about telling the truth is you never have to wonder
> what you said.
>
> Cecil E Monson
> Lucille Hand-Monson
> Mountainville, New York   Just a little east of the North Pole
>
> Allis Chalmers tractors and equipment
>
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