How often do you grease ATV?
The Grizzly 700 owners manual recommends the following: Grease (Nipples) every 1600 miles, or every 160 hours. Use Lithium soap based grease. There you have it!
Do I need to grease my ATV?
If you run your ATV hard, like in races, mudding or heavy trail riding, you should lube your chain every time you ride it. If you use your wheeler to cruise around the farm and it doesn’t get too dirty or wet, you don’t have to be so vigilant. You only need to spray for one revolution of the chain.
Why are some grades of Grease worse than others?
Some greases are compatible with each other while others are not and this incompatibility can cause catastrophic failures. Most grades of grease will be an NLGI 1 or 2. Human error can happen and applying the wrong lubricant can happen, so color coding grease guns and grease fittings can drastically help to alleviate this issue.
Why do you need a well defined greasing procedure?
Therefore, it’s important to follow a well defined greasing procedure: the correct lubrication, in the correct amounts, at the correct times. In this step, you need to determine the type of grease needed for your application (e,g, electric motor bearings use a different type of grease than pump bearings).
What causes an improper greasing of an oil gun?
An improper greasing procedure can include anything from inadequate or too much grease, incorrect grease, poor grease gun calibration or even greasing oil wetted components. Manual grease guns have problems with volume and pressure control and regular calibration of your guns is strongly recommended.
How to maintain a grease gun and fitting?
Use the following tips to maintain your grease guns and fittings: · Determine the correct grease by the color-coding system in place and the PM work order. · Open grease relief valve if applicable. · Wipe the gun tip and fitting before application. Remove the fitting cap on the grease fitting.
When to grease or not to grease a car?
Intent on preventing a reoccurrence, operations issues a decree that motors will no longer be greased, relying instead on vibration analysis to find an early sign of a motor bearing problem. That way, the bearing can (hopefully) be changed during a scheduled production outage.
What happens when new grease enters a bearing?
The problem here is new grease entering an old, infrequently lubricated (and overly lubricated) bearing. As the new grease enters, it must make room, and in doing so, it pushes around the crusty remnants of grease past.
How often should you Grease Your ball joints?
Ball joints allow you to steer smoothly and are constantly moving so throwing a little lubrication their way is a small favor for the big job that they do every day. The rule of thumb is to grease these parts every, or every other, oil change which might seem excessive, but again; little thanks, big job.
Can a grease zerk be used on a ball joint?
As a stop-gap measure this should stretch the life span of your ball joint. A grease zerk needle adapter – This needle is fitted with a grease zerk and will attach to your grease gun. * Take care when attaching the needle, since some force is required you could easily skewer your hand.