daily maint. check

[7LBSSMALLIE]

it cannot be said enough, that owners/ operators/or jimmy joe blow/ have a cetarian resposebility. as listed in operation man and svc man and plain common sense, i post this because just got one in , that base end lift cyl zerks negletcted, resulting in a major money wise repair. also coupled with this (where over two hundred air filter dirty codes) within 72 hrs. fourtntly it did not result in any eng damage(saftey filter did its job) but still .guys if its beepining its angry. ops man is by youre right elbow. codes listed. how to grease it . decal on rear door.WHAT IM SAYINING IS MOST BREAKDOWNS AVOIDABLE), 5 mins prior to startining youre day run youre checks, fluid levels ,visual of hardware, and luberication, yes sevrvice intervals have been extended, enigeres say we are good(reduced maint cost) but this does not absolve the the operator from dailys. at 250 hrs what once a year.. not enough,, prior to start up, fluid check. visual. and lube, not that hard 5 min max. you got to admit that having a nice unit to run. makes the day go by much more pleasent.(hey if im spedining 8 on a machie. id rather it be a nice one(

 

[Bobcatdan]

Totally agree, I'm starting to think nobody owns a grease gun. I was a feed mill with a 6 month old S330 what runs 10hrs a day 6 days a week. Up lift cylinder pin got tight from not being greased. Retaining pin broke and walked out causing the rod to come loose with the boom up. Operator didn't not notice, lowered the boom, wedging the rod and snapping it. They looked at me like I had two heads, wings, and on fire when I told them it needs to be greased every 8 operation hours. They thought once a month was enough. I grease every customer machine that goes threw the shop and almost all have several zerks that do not take due to lack of greasing.

 

[Tazza]

Totally agree, I'm starting to think nobody owns a grease gun. I was a feed mill with a 6 month old S330 what runs 10hrs a day 6 days a week. Up lift cylinder pin got tight from not being greased. Retaining pin broke and walked out causing the rod to come loose with the boom up. Operator didn't not notice, lowered the boom, wedging the rod and snapping it. They looked at me like I had two heads, wings, and on fire when I told them it needs to be greased every 8 operation hours. They thought once a month was enough. I grease every customer machine that goes threw the shop and almost all have several zerks that do not take due to lack of greasing.

I think most of these 'operators' just operate the machine, they don't own it. People that just operate some one elses machine really don't give a toss about it. If it wears, it's not their problem. It doesn't take long to pump some grease in, even less to check engine oil levels.

 

[melli]

I think most of these 'operators' just operate the machine, they don't own it. People that just operate some one elses machine really don't give a toss about it. If it wears, it's not their problem. It doesn't take long to pump some grease in, even less to check engine oil levels.

Man is it messy though! Greasing a machine is no 5 minutes...it takes me a good 20 to find all the zerks, and since I replaced a few pins/bushings, the grease doesn't want to go in...have to take pressure off whatever I am trying to grease, turn into a contortionist so i can apply pressure with one hand on hose and use the other to pump...then I have to rotate machine and myself to get at some conveniently placed zerks and dig out the dirt in some cavity to find others...now my hands are all greasy, even with surgical gloves...Of course, the grease gun always runs out when I have one zerk left to do...my gloves are now torn, and pulling a so-called empty tube out of my Lincoln grease gun ensures I get grease everywhere...I am miles from home and I need to wash ALL my clothes because a glob of grease got stuck under my forearm and I don't see it until I've greased my seat, armrest, and panel.......no, I'd say it is at least a half hour on a good day. By then, I am done for the day and want to go home....I get home and spend a good fifteen scrubbing my hands, but I never get it all...now I am flustered because I can't chew my nails................................................................................................................................................. Has anyone tried an electric grease gun or an air powered grease gun?

 

[Fishfiles]

Man is it messy though! Greasing a machine is no 5 minutes...it takes me a good 20 to find all the zerks, and since I replaced a few pins/bushings, the grease doesn't want to go in...have to take pressure off whatever I am trying to grease, turn into a contortionist so i can apply pressure with one hand on hose and use the other to pump...then I have to rotate machine and myself to get at some conveniently placed zerks and dig out the dirt in some cavity to find others...now my hands are all greasy, even with surgical gloves...Of course, the grease gun always runs out when I have one zerk left to do...my gloves are now torn, and pulling a so-called empty tube out of my Lincoln grease gun ensures I get grease everywhere...I am miles from home and I need to wash ALL my clothes because a glob of grease got stuck under my forearm and I don't see it until I've greased my seat, armrest, and panel.......no, I'd say it is at least a half hour on a good day. By then, I am done for the day and want to go home....I get home and spend a good fifteen scrubbing my hands, but I never get it all...now I am flustered because I can't chew my nails................................................................................................................................................. Has anyone tried an electric grease gun or an air powered grease gun?

I hate greasing machines more than anything , what happens with me is that who ever I am working for usually will hit me up right when I am finished repairing the machine and say can you grease my machine for me , and they ain't geased it in a while , and 4 or 5 fittings won't take grease and I spend more time greasing it than the repair took --------------I use to use one of those rechargeable Lincoln grease gun but they seem to wear out pretty fast , and if you put one in a bind like on a big excavator or dozer track adjuster thats tight you will blew it out so I have air powered Lincoln and like them better , and no doubt it can get messy , I carry gallons of water on the truck to wash up with the hand cleaner , use the black nitrol gloves , use a lot of those hand clean wipes that come in a plastic tube , I do mechanic work every day and you would never know it looking at my hands and nails , but I do go thru a box of gloves and about 3 rolls of the blue paper shop towels a week ----------- I feel it is well worth gloves as I know quite a few of my old mechanic freinds are in bad health or dead from liver and kindey disease , and I think alot of it could be from absorbsion of chemicals , oil and grease thru the skin , your skin is like a sponge and your liver is the oil filter , and you don't get no oil changes

 

[reaperman]

Man is it messy though! Greasing a machine is no 5 minutes...it takes me a good 20 to find all the zerks, and since I replaced a few pins/bushings, the grease doesn't want to go in...have to take pressure off whatever I am trying to grease, turn into a contortionist so i can apply pressure with one hand on hose and use the other to pump...then I have to rotate machine and myself to get at some conveniently placed zerks and dig out the dirt in some cavity to find others...now my hands are all greasy, even with surgical gloves...Of course, the grease gun always runs out when I have one zerk left to do...my gloves are now torn, and pulling a so-called empty tube out of my Lincoln grease gun ensures I get grease everywhere...I am miles from home and I need to wash ALL my clothes because a glob of grease got stuck under my forearm and I don't see it until I've greased my seat, armrest, and panel.......no, I'd say it is at least a half hour on a good day. By then, I am done for the day and want to go home....I get home and spend a good fifteen scrubbing my hands, but I never get it all...now I am flustered because I can't chew my nails................................................................................................................................................. Has anyone tried an electric grease gun or an air powered grease gun?

It's not really a messy job if you grease the machine daily or regularly if not used daily. One thing I have noticed is, if the zerk wont take, its normally the little "BB" on the end of the zerk causing issues. They like to get stuck inward, not allowing grease to get to the pin. When they wont take grease, its off to the **** can they go. Most machines these days only have 12 zerks that need daily attention. The zerks that drive me nuts are the two in front of the rear wheels. Where you have to put the grease fitting thru the SMALL hole in the frame to reach the zerk. You would think engineers would have enlarged that access hole so the zerk could be changed out easily if needed plus making it easier to keep greased. If the zerk turns a bit, the grease gun cant keep the correct angle for the zerk to take grease. Also, Milwaukee, makes a cordless (electric) grease gun that works awesome. We have a few at work and use them on all of our heavy equipment. They work especially good on scrapers which have about 40 zerks that need daily greasing.

 

[mrdeere1959]

It's not really a messy job if you grease the machine daily or regularly if not used daily. One thing I have noticed is, if the zerk wont take, its normally the little "BB" on the end of the zerk causing issues. They like to get stuck inward, not allowing grease to get to the pin. When they wont take grease, its off to the **** can they go. Most machines these days only have 12 zerks that need daily attention. The zerks that drive me nuts are the two in front of the rear wheels. Where you have to put the grease fitting thru the SMALL hole in the frame to reach the zerk. You would think engineers would have enlarged that access hole so the zerk could be changed out easily if needed plus making it easier to keep greased. If the zerk turns a bit, the grease gun cant keep the correct angle for the zerk to take grease. Also, Milwaukee, makes a cordless (electric) grease gun that works awesome. We have a few at work and use them on all of our heavy equipment. They work especially good on scrapers which have about 40 zerks that need daily greasing.

the new M bobcats move those pain in the butt fittings to the end of the pins. way easier.