[AT] Cub - Update

[Stephen Offiler]

I might need to re-read the machinery lubrication article Jim posted.  Is
it saying an NLGI 2 is actually a *better* choice than thinner NLGI 0/00
("corn head grease").  I took the article to be simply affirmation that the
old grease trick in place of gear oil is can be a good solution in some
circumstances, like steering gearboxes.

SO

On Tue, Jul 7, 2020 at 8:58 PM John Hall <jtchall at nc.rr.com> wrote:

> I'm with you on this one Jim. I would think plain old grease would be
> just fine in a steering box on a 70 year old tractor that will run 10
> hours a year in 30 minute intervals. The only person to cuss you will be
> the mechanic that ever opens it up to fix it!!!! At the end of the day,
> anything that will stay in the box is better than nothing!!!
>
> John Hall
>
>
>
> On 7/7/2020 11:31 AM, Jim Becker wrote:
> > So all you have to do is spin the steering wheel at a couple thousand
> > RPM for a few minutes and you'll be ready to go? :)
> >
> > Jim Becker
> >
> > -----Original Message----- From: Cecil Bearden
> > Sent: Tuesday, July 07, 2020 9:48 AM
> > To: at at lists.antique-tractor.com
> > Subject: Re: [AT] Cub - Update
> >
> > It is used on Hesston Rotary mower conditioners with some pretty high
> > dollar bearings in them, so I would think that it lubricates when hot.
> > I have put it in a RT913 Roadranger that leaked at the PTO and it
> > stopped leaking.  It has to run a few minutes when cold to shift easily,
> > but otherwise I have had no problems...
> > Cecil
> >
> > On 7/6/2020 10:52 PM, Steve W. wrote:
> >> Stephen Offiler wrote:
> >>> Hi Cecil:  I've been warned that the grease trick is a little
> >>> sketchy; it gets pushed aside over time and ends up doing not much
> >>> good.  And it has next to zero chance of working itself down to the
> >>> pivot.  Those are the downsides of the grease trick.  I will still
> >>> give it serious consideration. Curious, what is special about this
> >>> corn picker grease?
> >>>
> >>> SO
> >>
> >> 00 or Corn head "grease" is somewhat of a misnomer. It goes in like a
> >> grease but as soon as things move in it the viscosity becomes more
> >> like a very thick oil. It's what a lot of snowblower gearboxes have
> >> in them.
> >>
> >> Video on the stuff - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zNhli-J0Gk
> >>
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