Automatic Greaser For Snapper Riding Mower

Automatic Greaser For Snapper Riding Mower FARM HOME Lawn Mowers 31h 38 Arlon Glander likes his 2002 Snapper 18 hp lawn tractor equipped with a 48-in mower deck However he didn’t like the poor access to the zerk fittings for the blade bearing housing So he made his own deck-mounted automatic greasing system “One of the zerk fittings was out in the open where it was easy to reach But to reach the other two zerks I had to remove a metal housing which required removing 4 bolts on each housing So I decided to build a manifold block that distributes grease through individual lines to each grease point ” The manifold block is made out of 1-in sq aluminum Glander drilled 3 holes in it then tapped the holes on both sides with 1/8 NPT tapered threads He bought some poly tubing and pushlok fittings and ran the tubing from the block to the original zerk taps inside the bearing housings “It’s really handy to use ” says Glander “I just give each bearing three pumps of grease every time before I go out to cut our lawn I made my automatic greaser 14 years ago and haven’t had a single bearing failure since ” Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Arlon Glander 28664 Northfield Blvd Randolph Minn 55065 ph 952 250-7494; arlondiesel@northfieldwifi com

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