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Greasing Pivot Points (Except Ring Gear)

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Noobs Guide on How to run an Excavator pt 2

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Proper greasing of pivot points is vital for the longevity and smooth operation of an excavator. Identify all pivot points on the machine, which are typically found at pins where components articulate. Apply grease using a grease gun until you see it begin to protrude from the joint, indicating sufficient lubrication. This process should ideally be performed daily or every 8 hours of operation.

Goal: Properly grease all necessary pivot points on the excavator

Tools and materials

  • Excavator Volvo — The machine being greased
  • Grease Gun — Applying grease to pivot points
  • Grease — Lubricating pivot points

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it's pretty much the main so we know what you get me into but before you fire it up what's the basics we should be doing okay things that you want to do is check all your fluids before you start your workday that's the main thing another thing is a lot of guys want to grease their machines each day before they start to operation so before we get into all of the grease zerks because on an excavator we probably have about 20 different grease zerks and there's instead of showing you every grease zerk because every machines going to be similar but different what I want you to do is I want you to get into a mind frame of where's the pivot point on a machine it doesn't make a difference now this rule is going to work for whether you're running an excavator a dozer a skid loader pretty much anything so tell us about when we talk about a pivot point Danny what am I actually talking about so you're looking to look at like a pin okay the you know you have pin secrecy on this one just looking at this is one two three four pins so those are pivot points typically there's desert the greaser two each one of those pivot points so if you look at your excavator wherever there's a pivot point typically there's gonna be a greaser how much grease should a greaser take before a greaser casts too much grease so it's so basic least and you want to put you want to put your grease gun on the greaser to

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