2320 john deere question

bumblebee · Mar 3, 2016

I was told that the ujoints on the drive shaft need to be greased. I tried to find zerks
while the belly mower was on it, didn't see any. Do some of these joints not have zerks or
do I need to take the mower off and look closer.

Also, do I need a special fitting to grease them, ie needle point? How often should they
be lubricated.

My tractor is a 2008 model.

Doug Wilkins · Mar 3, 2016

There is one that is an absolute pain in the to access. It was never mentioned in the service manual and deere came out with a supplement to place inside the manual to address it. You basically have to remove the console under the steering wheel so that you can get to an access plate on the right side of the column. You remove the two bolts and the plate and it allows you to stretch a needle tip down into the zerk on the shaft. It is a real pain. Im due to grease mine again and have been putting it off. It gets real expensive if it doesn't get greased and the joint fails as it can take the shaft and surrounding parts out if it is spinning at high speed when it fails. The rest of the zerks on the machine are fairly easy to access. There are many threads on tractorbynet.com regarding the one that is hard to access if you have trouble finding it.

Kansas4010 · Mar 3, 2016

Doug is absolutely right about everything he said. Another place to check is greentractortalk.com. They talk about this issue quite often. It is a site that mostly specializes in compact utilities. If I remember right several people cut a small hole in the floor board to reach the zerk.

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