[Healeys] Penrite or John Deere CHG.

Tue Feb 8 03:44:31 MST 2022

Undo the four “bolts for end cover”, item 24. Attached.

Undo them just enough for the contents to begin to escape and not a fraction further. Put something underneath but resign yourself to a mess. Allow plenty of time, like overnight. I didn’t need to but a hot air gun might encourage a quicker flow……I don’t suppose that you have to get every last drop out.

Prior to attempting this, I took advice from the pros and particularly recall Michael S’s warning about taking the front plate off in situ. Don’t recall the exact whole horror story but it seems that they learnt the hard way. I’d guess it was one of those “infinitely easier to disassemble than to reassemble” situations.

Simon

From: Alan Seigrist <healey.nut at gmail.com> 
Sent: 08 February 2022 09:55
To: simon.lachlan at alexarevel.plus.com
Cc: Bob Spidell <bspidell at comcast.net>; Healey list <healeys at autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Penrite or John Deere CHG.

All -

Just a question - How do you get the old oil out of the box?  turkey baster?

Best,

Alan

On Tue, Feb 8, 2022 at 5:52 PM Simon Lachlan via Healeys <healeys at autox.team.net <mailto:healeys at autox.team.net> > wrote:

Bob, that may be a good point. When I went to the agricultural place for the grease, they suggested that I buy their grease gun. I bought it for its flexible nozzle which is a blessing. Perhaps they sold it so that it wouldn’t “liquefy and leak”. I’ve never thought about its inner workings. It has a pistol-grip pump action so I suppose that’s the only pressure.

Maybe the recipe is to buy the tubes of CHG gloop and use it with a pistol-grip pump. I doubt John Deere actually manufacture the gun although they’ve branded it and jacked the price up accordingly. 

It’s a decent thing, though on the large size, and I use it for pretty well all greasing jobs.

Simon

>> It'll liquefy and leak in a spring-loaded grease gun however.

On 2/7/2022 3:54 PM, Don via Healeys wrote:

Yes John Deere corn head grease.  I had a steering box that wouldn’t hold much and I wasn’t about to pull the steering column/box out . I’ve done this before but it was on a total rebuild. I filled the box up with this corn head grease , and so far no big leaks . 🤞. Time will tell I’m sure  

            Don 

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On Feb 7, 2022, at 5:58 PM, i erbs via Healeys  <mailto:healeys at autox.team.net> <healeys at autox.team.net> wrote:

Heat it up first in hot water. You'll thank me later.

Ira Erbs
1959 AH 100-6
1967 MGB
Milwaukie, OR

On Mon, Feb 7, 2022, 2:51 PM Bob Begani via Healeys <healeys at autox.team.net <mailto:healeys at autox.team.net> > wrote:

John Deere Cornhead Grease is what they had made for the cornhead which is an articulated joint out at the end of the combine which is like our steering box.  I used it 4 years ago and not a drop from the steering box so far. Amazon sells it in a cartridge and in tubes.

Bob Begani

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Subject: Re: [Healeys] Penrite

John Deere Cornhead Grease.

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