Which grease for 350

[bts]

Well all,

after the coolant in the oil scare, I got new filters and oil in the engine, flushed all the old diesel, cleaned everything a bit, 303 in all the requisite orifices, new battery, and hit the button. I got bored while the air was bleeding out of the lines, so I shot a little ether from the can that had been sitting on the machine for the past how many years, and she cackled to life. I closed the bleeders and she hummed right along.

I got so excited, i decided to drive around and everything works, more or less. Right brake/clutch way out but steers and goes, reverser works, hydraulics work. Very stiff to shift the trans. I did not push any dirt or really load the hydraulics yet.

Has that worrisome clunk-clunk upon shutdown - reverser issues I presume.

But...I need to grease the machine and the manual calls for NLGI #0 grease which I can not find locally...yet.

Question: What kind of grease do you use on your crawlers? Nothing special or JD branded or just whatever #2 as available wherever? Or does it need to be #0?

Thanks in advance,
Byron

[Stan Disbrow]

Hi,

The rollers and idlers want JD Corn Head grease. That is as close as you will come to the old Gargolye, Kendall, etc roller grease. I use chassis grease for dozer and loader pins and bushings, but could use Corn Head there as well. It would tend to push out a little faster, but it is slipperier.

Stan

[cdunn]

Most likely the worrisome clunk-clunk at shutdown is the torsional isolater between engine and reverser making its familar noise that most early 350's make. Not much you can do about it.

[bts]

Thank you Stan, Cornhead it is. The dealer shook his head but when he looked at it, realized it is the only #0 grease he had. It went in easy.

But I can't get the track adjusters to budge - any trick to freeing them up or do I start disassembling?

Should I be worried about the torsional isolator failing or is that just a characteristic I need to learn to live with?

Thanks again.