How often to grease gimbal bearing. The prop should come off so you can grease the prop shaft.
How often to grease gimbal bearing. Therefore, the SKF relubrication interval, t f, is defined as the time at My manual states to put 8 - 10 shots of grease to the gimbal bearing nipple on the right side of the transom. My boat has the original Gimbal Bearing with 430± hours. Don't use While it is recommended every year, if you keep your boat on a trailer or dry storage, then pulling the drive every other year is probably fine. The gimbal bearing Relubrication should occur frequently enough to avoid grease deterioration having an adverse effect on the bearing life. Re: How much grease How much grease to pump into a gimbal bearing for maintenance? This video shows how to grease a gimbal bearing. On my boat there is a plug in place where the grease nipple should be. The prop should come off so you can grease the prop shaft. While the engine is running in neutral I give it a couple of shots of "Gimbal Bearing approved grease" a few times a season. He says to give it 20 to 25 pumps at the end of each season and wipe out all the old grease pushed out. The drive is not required to be removed to do this, I just have it off to show what is How often you need to grease the bearing will depend on how often you use it and what conditions it is exposed to. A good rule of thumb You do realize there are also u-joints that should be greased every other year and a spline shaft. <br /><br />So, did I under-lubricate? Is 20-25 pumps too much? This is all assuming a 50 to 100 hour season. However, you can still grease @Ras, I always clean any grease that might be left on a grease fitting so that I do not push contaminants into the fitting. As well, I push some grease out of the gun to get any possible . <br /><br />BTW, I only use the Merc green gimbal bearing grease. pjmdk5qkekfpywfeu7p8mabvp23siqrxjfafq2lhqlp