Disc mower question

[Crzybowhntr]

SO I bought a used, but very nice, Vermeer 6040 disc mower Friday and when I checked the drain plugs for the 2 gear boxes (while I was changing the oil) there was small amounts of very fine metal on the drain plug magnets. Is this normal? The mower runs out great and I checked two of the cutter head gear sets and they still looked like they were brand new.

 

[mdavlee]

Anything metal to metal in fluid will have some wear. Was the magnets covered or just a tiny bit of shavings?

 

[concretegrazer]

Probably never has been changed.

 

[Crzybowhntr]

Anything metal to metal in fluid will have some wear. Was the magnets covered or just a tiny bit of shavings?

The magnet looked to be about the diameter of a 7/16" file and about 3/4" long. The magnet was probably half covered with very fine pieces. @concretegrazer I assume the oil had been changed in the past as the fill, check and drain plugs were all missing paint like they should when a socket had been used on them. Maybe they just never took the time to clean the magnets???

 

[Crzybowhntr]

Also, anyone here know where to get EP-0 grease other than a Vermeer dealer? it was $19.xx a quart!

 

[concretegrazer]

Check with an agco/new idea or case/ih dealer. It was used in the new idea designed mowers.

 

[Crzybowhntr]

Check with an agco/new idea or case/ih dealer. It was used in the new idea designed mowers.

is 00 grease close enough to be safe? I can get it at TSC for $5.

 

[concretegrazer]

is 00 grease close enough to be safe? I can get it at TSC for $5.

I don't know. My friend that had a new idea always used what the dealer sold. But it was some off branded stuff and the price wasn't bad.

Found this....

http://talk.newagtalk.com/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=398142

 

[sweepleader]

Clean the magnets and check again later, if they get furry real fast there could be trouble brewing. If they just collect a few fragments, don't worry too much, just keep an eye on it. Any failure in the past would leave fragments in the housing that drain and refill will not remove. They will show up on the magnet for a long time afterword. Most manufacturing leaves fragments behind too, my truck engine drain plug collected stuff for 50,000 miles, its at 220,000 now and running fine. I still get the odd burr on the magnet at oil changes, someday something will fail and I will find out what it is then.

 

[skidooguy]

I would not be too concerned with a few shavings. do the gearboxes have a thump or rough spot to them while running? As far as lube recommendations I couldn't help you in that department.

 

[jakethesnake]

Just my opinion take or leave it gear oil is gear oil all it does is keeps the gears in oil check the weight of the oil an get the cheap *s-word

 

[jakethesnake]

The ep o grease is very easy to find for around 3 to 6 bucks a tube my mistake I thought you were asking about gear oils. If you only need a tube check tsc if you need a case order it online save you some cash

 

[exSW]

I've heard the John Deere combine head grease is the best.

 

[jakethesnake]

I've heard the John Deere combine head grease is the best.

You talkin corn head grease

 

[Crzybowhntr]

I would not be too concerned with a few shavings. do the gearboxes have a thump or rough spot to them while running? As far as lube recommendations I couldn't help you in that department.

no thumps

 

[exSW]

You talkin corn head grease

Yeah,what you said.

 

[jakethesnake]

Yeah I've used corn head grease in a leaky gearbox on a grain tank. It's super loose grease sorta half grease half gear oil very loose

 

[skidooguy]

Corn head grease is a great option thAnks for mentioning it jake. It would work great on that area. I put dexotroohic oil in pivot gearboxes all the time and it's way better than gear oil. We were filling gearboxes with #2grease for awhile before we found the multipurpose stuff.

 

[Mastermind]

These threads are a magnet to me.

Fugging farmin. lol

 

[jake wells]

we spike the boxes on the disc mowers with lucas oil stabilizer and never really seen a problem,,,, the agco epo grease is $$$ not bad compared to other brands and john deere corn head grease is some good chit i use it on steering and gear boxes.
semi solid 00 grease would turn it into a permanent yard ornament so don't use it.