Grease?

[Russell]

Is there one particular grease I should use for the joints on my bobcat? The manual recommends bobcat grease but I can't find it on the web or locally. I can get some ep2 locally but can't remember the make. Is grease much of a muchness or do I need good stuff?
I plan to grease the digger after every day of work.

 

[doobin]

For pins and bushes I use black moly grease.

 

[JD450A]

Black Moly for pins and Bushes.

Red - Complex grease for bearings.

 

[V8Druid]

Black Moly for pins and Bushes.

Red - Complex grease for bearings.

a pin and bush is a (plain) bearing Rory

 

[Russell]

Ok thanks

 

[Smiffy]

Something colourfull so you don't get iron your clothes

 

[JD450A]

a pin and bush is a (plain) bearing Rory

Away with you corbyn.

 

[TiltyShaun]

I use red as the supplier said it was generally better quality!! But I am easily led!!

 

[Quattromike]

HP2 used here but have used Molybdenum Disylphate and rate if very highly, comes at a cost though. Also it has a tendency to separate , as in if you put a dollop in a cup for two weeks you’ll notice the oil separating from the moly. If it’s sealed in nd can’t escape then it mixes back in but in most pin and bush arrangements it could be an issue. Of course a regular top up helps

 

[V8Druid]

been using Smith & Allen's EP2 on everything ..... and plenty of it ... https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/300451234696?ssPageName=STRK:MESINDXX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1436.l2649
easy load cartridges and clean as a whistle when they come out the gun ......
they also do the red complex, if you feel the need ....
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/251006390589?ssPageName=STRK:MESINDXX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1436.l2649
cheaper off ebay than from their website IIRC

 

[hiluxman]

Ive been using jcb blue grease. Seems good but my stuff gets greased every day and it was on offer a local jcb dealer.

 

[Russell]

Ok thanks. I've got some ep2 from the local auto factors, £2.20 each if I get 6. Looking forward to using cartridges as loading from a bucket seams a messy faf. I've also got a G coupler for the gun but one particular nipple still leaks like crazy. I will ask if they can send one out.

 

[Smiffy]

Ok thanks. I've got some ep2 from the local auto factors, £2.20 each if I get 6. Looking forward to using cartridges as loading from a bucket seams a messy faf. I've also got a G coupler for the gun but one particular nipple still leaks like crazy. I will ask if they can send one out.

Most ag or construction dealers will supply an assortment box of grease nipples it may be worth getting a box as they do wear out and you can snap them and sometimes it's easier to fit a different angle one than the machine came out the factory

 

[Russell]

Ok thanks

 

[V8Druid]

need to determine what thread you need though

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Metric-A...063303?hash=item2acc0d8047:g:0cYAAOSw7Dtc2-Fp

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Assorted...989617?hash=item591b3bbeb1:g:lrkAAOSwh7tcLc-t

 

[Mark]

need to determine what thread you need though

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Metric-A...063303?hash=item2acc0d8047:g:0cYAAOSw7Dtc2-Fp

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Assorted...989617?hash=item591b3bbeb1:g:lrkAAOSwh7tcLc-t

Got a selection box like that a while back, may as well throw it away every thing seems to be 3/8 I ever go to

 

[Russell]

The bobcat must be metric?

 

[Brendan]

Using some weird Castrol grease that the dealer said was the recommended, not convinced and going to change to something else

 

[V8Druid]

The bobcat must be metric?

I wouldn't bank on it

 

[diggerjones]

Bobcat is American isn't it and they are imperial aren't they.