NLGI 000 grease - what is the equivalent ?

Just curious as it's for a rotary cutter gear box, just got the Servis Rhino book for it, calls for NLGI 000, so I got er flipped over and drained out the chocolate milk in the gear box. Old lube looked ok except the color, no metal particulates like silver paint or chunks etc. Gear box does not leak at the shaft either, so after some other repairs it ought to be good to go.

Have to admit to the great achievment of running over the tail wheel which fell off unbeknownst to me on the previous pass while it was getting dark (sure was quick to shut er off), got new blades, and after a careful visual inspection, I found a lot of broken welds on the deck, and a few small stress cracks on the pan, all minor, some grinding and some single passes with 1/8" 7018 ought to take care of them, almost a good thing this happened, eventually that deck could have come apart, and the blades were quite hammered, they take a lot of abuse that is for sure.

Still looking for the outer rim with the tire segements on this one, little different than others, someone mentioned it being the same on a King Cutter, the rest is not damaged, worst case, have to go for a complete new assembly. Darned parts diagram is vague on the part number, have to guess as it could be one of many part numbers.

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And also larger bolt together rims for aircraft tires like batwings use.. etc..

soundguy

JD cornhead grease fits that bill.. otherwise visit a -real- grease / petrochemical dealer and you can get 0# grease from them..

When i havn't been able to find 0# grease for an app that needed it.. i used #2 or 4 grease and then cut it with a little 140wt gear oil.. enough to make it the sticky soupy mess that 0# is. You can sometimes also find 0# greases 9 pourable lubes ).. in places that service marine and golf course equipment.. i know some rhino dealers carry it.. etc..

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I've always paid attention to specifications, hate guessing and just dumping something in, my favorite childhood tractor was done in by someone doing that to our 64 4000 S-O-S, when changing the trans fluid, say around 1980, friend of my dads, honest mistake, best of intentions, and he worked in an Atomic Power lab ! Never forgot that one, and the lack of a tractor for the longest time, times were not the best back then.

This must be close in proximity to what is called for on the old Caterpillar track rollers, which I think was very similar to a 00, but not the same, track roller grease, stringy/tacky like chainsaw bar oil, believe some use cornhead grease there too. Well in my travels, I'll stop by the local oil distributor and see, we also have a big lawn mower, irrigation small engine place nearby, they may have it as well, they sell and service all kinds of equipment.

Same thing with the rear end on the hundred series, is it GL 4 or GL 5 you have to be careful about for bronze bushings or parts in the rear ?

And so the 85W-90WT types are obviously a different lube, I did a search to see if I could find information explaining the different types, no luck so I asked here, thanks, much appreciated.

OR you can use UTF.

Good luck on the 000 grease. I'm guessing you will find it or at least the JD cornhead grease. Wost case is you make do with some #2 and gear oil to make it pourable.

Some things are prtty tolerant. A gearbox on a big mower I have states it can run 80w90, 85/140 or 0# grease... I split the difference between grease and gear oil... been working good for years.

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The old style crawler track rollers call for a lube that is mostly obsolete, however there are a few products that are very close to the original and work fine, only a few manufacturers offer it, might be a similar case here, the oil distributor will know.

good luck

Soundguy