[Colorado Charlie]

I'm having a hard time figuring out how to get to the center zerk on the drive shaft of the snow blower. It's attached to my tractor and I have removed the shaft from the tractor to get to the zeros on the end, but can't get the cent zerk to show in the cut out area of the plastic shroud. It seems to be too close to the end that is attached to the blower. Any help would be appreciated.

 

[Colorado Charlie]

Very good. I'll try going to the rear PTO setting and rotating the snow blower by hand to see if I see the center Zerk under the plastic. I've never had the front mount 47 inch snow blower removed so I am trying to grease it on the tractor if possible. I did remove the drive shaft from the PTO to get to the end zeros. I agree about the small diameter coupler. I tried one of the locking type and it was too big for most of the drive train zerk areas.

 

[Colorado Charlie]

A photo might help. Model of blower? Front or 3 point mount? I have the front mount 47" blower and I don't have any center zerk on my drive shaft.

Give us a bit more info and we will be able to solve your issue.

Steve

Thanks for helping. It's a front mount 47 inch blower I bought with a 2018 tractor in early 2019. The manual shows a center zerk on the drive shaft, but doesn't show how to get to it. They have the plastic shroud removed on the illustration in the manual. I have never taken the blower off of the machine since I only use it for snow removal here in the mountains.

 

[Colorado Charlie]

You have to rotate the joints bending the connection for a few of them. What year is the blower tractor? Just don't put in to much grease, otherwise they can lock the joints on certain years. Then you must remove the zerk to let out the excess grease to free it up. Usually happens at a double cardan joint, not on a regular universal.

Hi, The snowblower was delivered on my tractor. It's a 2018 that was delivered early in 2019. The snow blower is a front mount 47 inch. Thanks for the tip about not putting in too much grease!

 

[Colorado Charlie]

Steve
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Thanks so much for all of this information. I didn't know anything about the timing. In the past two years of home use, it's been fine with no vibrations. This will get me where I need to be to get this middle zerk greased. I've only got about 8 hours total on the blower, so hopefully I'm ahead of it's need for grease.