FergusonTO35
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'Nother mowing season has started, and I've decided I need to finally replace the transaxle lube in my Murray 12hp/38" riding mower. It still pulls just fine but is getting really noisy and I figure I better go ahead and relube it before it embarks on its 29th season. It's a 5 speed Peerless, I think a 930 series. OEM fill is a pricey Bentonite grease, however lots of folks say that grade 00 grease used in some farm implements works just fine. I'm a big fan of Lucas Xtra Heavy Duty no. 2 grease, however most say it is too thick for transaxle use. Also, lithium or calcium based greases supposedly don't mix with Bentonite very well.
I would like to clean out the old grease and add zerks at key places so I could just shoot grease in there every so often. TSC sells 00 grease for $5.00 a bottle, I figure I could pour it into a grease gun and squirt it into the zerks. Does this sound feasible? Anybody ever try different kinds of grease in these transaxles?
I would like to clean out the old grease and add zerks at key places so I could just shoot grease in there every so often. TSC sells 00 grease for $5.00 a bottle, I figure I could pour it into a grease gun and squirt it into the zerks. Does this sound feasible? Anybody ever try different kinds of grease in these transaxles?