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Special Greasing Consideration: The Ring Gear

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Unlike other pivot points, the ring gear (or swing bearing) requires specific greasing intervals and caution. Over-greasing the ring gear can damage its seals, potentially leading to costly repairs. Consult the machine's maintenance schedule, often displayed on a 'racetrack' chart (a sticker with service intervals based on hours), for the precise interval (e.g., every 250 hours).

Goal: Understand and correctly apply grease to the ring gear without over-greasing

Tools and materials

  • Excavator Volvo — The machine with the ring gear to be greased
  • Grease Gun — Applying grease to the ring gear
  • Maintenance Chart — Determining correct greasing intervals for the ring gear
  • Grease — Lubricating the ring gear

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to put your grease gun on the greaser to start pumping and look at the joint you can see this joint desert it's gonna be this joint here and when you start seeing grease protrude that that means you've got enough grease in it but now there's one grease zerk at least on my machine you get you don't grease unless and you just you know what I'm talking about Dani all right Ranger the ring gear you're gonna think you want to grease that but you can over grease you can over it's one of the few that you can over move let's go look at that real close that's here this one here and it has a sticker on it you can see it is every 250 hours so this is your ring gear for when you spend okay on your table so if you over grease that it will actually

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