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742B U-Joints and Yoke Greasing
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<blockquote data-quote="Tango-Charlie" data-source="post: 121240" data-attributes="member: 13263"><p>Hey all,</p><p>I'm a regular on here and have owned a <em>742B</em> with a Mitsubishi 4G32 gasser engine for several years. I do my own routine and maintenance on this machine. It's about the time that I need to grease the u-joints. I had done this once before myself and what a pain in the butt to try and do it alone. Then I got smart the last time and asked my wife who has smaller arms and hands if she could reach in and get the grease gun on the zerks. She was able to feel for them as I manually turned the crank with a wrench until she could feel them. This time I think I'll lay a piece of plywood over the pump and transmission so she can try to be a little more comfortable laying there. The last time she said she could only feel 2 zerks so we greased the two on the u-joints. However, in checking the manual it shows 2 zerks on the u-joints and one on the yoke. This obviously was not one of Bobcat's better ideas to grease these during regular maintenance. I don't want to slide the engine back to access them either. I've been searching the internet looking for an exact picture of the u-joints and yoke zerks but haven't been able to find one. I did find a picture for an 825 but that did not show a zerk on the yoke. I have the diagram from the bobcat parts website which also shows zerks of the u-joints and yoke for a total of 3 zerks to grease. My question to all you 742B and 743 owners is does anyone have an actual picture when they've had an engine out of a 742B or 742 that shows the exact u-joint and yoke zerks. This would help to get an image in our heads as we're trying to feel for the zerks in the blind. Any pictures would be helpful or other ideas that we haven't tried yet. Thanks! JD</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tango-Charlie, post: 121240, member: 13263"] Hey all, I'm a regular on here and have owned a [I]742B[/I] with a Mitsubishi 4G32 gasser engine for several years. I do my own routine and maintenance on this machine. It's about the time that I need to grease the u-joints. I had done this once before myself and what a pain in the butt to try and do it alone. Then I got smart the last time and asked my wife who has smaller arms and hands if she could reach in and get the grease gun on the zerks. She was able to feel for them as I manually turned the crank with a wrench until she could feel them. This time I think I'll lay a piece of plywood over the pump and transmission so she can try to be a little more comfortable laying there. The last time she said she could only feel 2 zerks so we greased the two on the u-joints. However, in checking the manual it shows 2 zerks on the u-joints and one on the yoke. This obviously was not one of Bobcat's better ideas to grease these during regular maintenance. I don't want to slide the engine back to access them either. I've been searching the internet looking for an exact picture of the u-joints and yoke zerks but haven't been able to find one. I did find a picture for an 825 but that did not show a zerk on the yoke. I have the diagram from the bobcat parts website which also shows zerks of the u-joints and yoke for a total of 3 zerks to grease. My question to all you 742B and 743 owners is does anyone have an actual picture when they've had an engine out of a 742B or 742 that shows the exact u-joint and yoke zerks. This would help to get an image in our heads as we're trying to feel for the zerks in the blind. Any pictures would be helpful or other ideas that we haven't tried yet. Thanks! JD [/QUOTE]
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