Herb,

If there is a chance that cold weather would be too much for the bearing to turn, maybe I should get something a little less viscous. I am in Virginia where the winters are usually not too bad, but some of the best times to work a machine like a D4 is during the winter without bugs and bees! What do you think?

Elton

Get some of the Cat grease as mentioned, may be better. I take the rollers out clean them well, if not smooth rolling, pitted, I buy new. Then pack with Lubrication Engineers Almagard 3752. Very tacky water repelellant. Heavily grease the roller and all around. Add more when they are in place. This is what I do, haven't had any issues for years.





www.speedwaymotors.com/Lubrication-Engin...ase-14-5-Oz,526.html

If you are going to smear this shit in there, just skip that step and dump a in bucket of roofing tar - it will be nice and quiet for a while. It is made for open gears and wire ropes. After a while it turns hard and black. Almost impossible to remove. The perfect stuff to detail your ex-wife's new boy friends car.

Why not open the manual and use what the Caterpillar engineers recommend?

www.finning.com/content/dam/finning/en_c...eed-Ball-Bearing.pdf

Cheers,
Eddie B.

"phildirt" wrote:

If you are going to smear this shit in there, just skip that step and dump a in bucket of roofing tar - it will be nice and quiet for a while. It is made for open gears and wire ropes. After a while it turns hard and black. Almost impossible to remove. The perfect stuff to detail your ex-wife's new boy friends car.

Why not open the manual and use what the Caterpillar engineers recommend?

Thank you again for all your help. This is why I am asking. Most of the greases and lubricants I have asked about (from my old literature) is obsolete and they don't have a direct replacement. This group has been very helpful in identifying good replacements. If the open gear lube is too thick, I get that! If I don't ask, I don't know.
I am a noob with all the CAT stuff. I have restored cars for years and know how to turn a wrench, but this is my first attempt at a piece of heavy machinery. I am learning a lot, much from you guys that take the time to reply. Many of you guys have done CAT stuff for many years and it comes second nature to you. This is my first CAT! So expect more dumb questions, but how else will I know? This is not going to be a show tractor, but one that will do some work in its retirement. Maybe to be kept until I die, or maybe use a while and sell. Either way, I want it to work properly without too much tinkering.

Thank you all for your help!
Elton