Paul7
Joined: Mar 12, 2007
Points: 452
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Grease Question
Original Message Jan 12, 2011 10:50 pm |
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So we just got our first appreciable snowfall and the Ariens 11528 made short work of it. But last night as the snow was falling I went over the machine to make sure everything was ready to go. I learned the hard was to always have extra belts, shear pins, springs, spark plugs, etc on hand...so I was prepared for anything it needed. Went over my service log and saw that it was coming up on 25 hours since I greased the axle. Removed the shear pins, grabbed the grease gun, locked onto a fitting and gave it a few squeezes before it hit me that I might not be using the right grease...so I stopped.
Here's the question. I was using John Deere Multi-Purpose SD Polyurea grease. It has an operating range -15 F to 350 F. Checked the Ariens Manual and it called for Stens Mix Hi-Temp Grease, or equivalent. How do you know if a particular grease is equivalent to Stens Mix Hi-Temp? Does it even matter or is grease grease?
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