Just found in the Manual that this needs greased.

phess11 · Apr 17, 2014

This looked like a drain plug to me, but i found out from the manual that this plug needs to be removed periodically and a grease fitting inserted to grease the front bearing. Not sure why they didn't just put a grease fitting in it, so it would be a little more obvious that it needs grease. Not sure my 630 has ever had it greased from talking to the previous owner.

Larry Baker · Apr 17, 2014

You best take care of that bearing.Mother Deere gets an awful price for that

55deere70 · Apr 17, 2014

Don't know why Deere didn't put a grease fitting there. I took the plug out on my 70 and put grease fitting there and left it. I bet the bearing had not seen grease for many years till I greased it.

jared in wi · Apr 17, 2014

I put a 1/8th pipe elbow and a 18 inch grease gun hose on that fitting and ran it under the radiator of my 60. It ended up by the generator. Put a grease fitting in the end and now I don"t have to pull the front hood off to grease it now.

Jared

phess11 · Apr 18, 2014

(quoted from post at 22:00:59 04/17/14) I put a 1/8th pipe elbow and a 18 inch grease gun hose on that fitting and ran it under the radiator of my 60. It ended up by the generator. Put a grease fitting in the end and now I don"t have to pull the front hood off to grease it now.

Jared

Sounds like a good idea. It says in bold in the manual "Do Not Over Grease". Not sure what the right amount is, or what over greasing will cause.

Just found in the Manual that this needs greased.

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