Corn head grease in winch

m16ty · Sep 12, 2010

I rebuilt my winch and to make sure I don't develop any leaks, I was going to use the John Deere corn head grease. To the people that use this stuff, how much do you put in? Do you just fill it up to the same level as in the LO or do you add more. I'm thinking you need to have more for the grease to get into all the bearings and such but I'm not sure. If you use more, how much more?

I've also got a leaking steering gear that I'm thinking of putting this stuff in.

badgmc56 · Sep 12, 2010

We used to do that way back when with the 55-57 chevys on the steering boxes. Could never keep the pitman shafts from leaking when they got a little play in them. I pump them up to the top to make sure everything gets lubed. On the GMC pillow block for the rear driveshaft, grease is the only thing that lubes it so I don't think you will have any issues.

Speddmon · Sep 12, 2010

I just put the corn head grease in my steering box, I put the same amount in as the LO calls for. What I did was to drain the oil of course, and then I pulled the fill plug to vent it, next I installed a grease fitting in the drain hole and filled it from the bottom and reinstalled the fill plug. I don't think it will be necessary to over fill them, since the grease is so thin it will get into the bearings as it is used. Since both of these applications are fairly low speed grear cases the corn head grease should be pretty good for this stuff.

badgmc56 · Sep 12, 2010

Hey Speddmon, Great idea to put a grease fitting in the drain plug. I just put the grease gun in the fill hole and pump till it flows out . I will try that next time.

AceHigh · Sep 12, 2010

I put it in and used the same as the LO specified. I think it was 16 oz in the smaller side and 20 in the larger side. I think the tubes are 16 oz? So I used 2 and about a third of another.

That was in the spring so far so good.

RAYZER · Sep 12, 2010

what is corn head grease? is it the same weight as reg grease?

AceHigh · Sep 12, 2010

It pours like a heavy syrup. My guess is if you plan to use the winch daily or weekly just repair the seals and use the specified lube. For occasional use cornhead is a nice shortcut.

RAYZER · Sep 12, 2010

does it look like this?

lacoda56 · Sep 12, 2010

Corn head grease is extremely thin. I don't know how well it stands up to extreme pressure applications, but the corn head row unit gear boxes it was designed for take a beating and they're not really low speed.

Recovry4x4 · Sep 12, 2010

RAYZER said:
does it look like this?

Who had Mexican last night?

hdexpert · Sep 12, 2010

My steering gear box was leaking pretty bad so I drained it and pumped two tubes of corn head grease in from the top. So the grease would flow a little faster I removed the end of the grease gun (the fitting that would go on the zerk) . I had to order the tubes of grease from my local John Deere mower shop, took a couple days to come in. The kid I talked to had never heard of it!! He had to ask his boss what it was. Guess they don't use it much on mowers.

doghead · Sep 12, 2010

Google it or search it here on SS. Corn Head grease is good stuff. I know the JD part number has been posted here before. try both "cornhead grease" and "corn head grease"

I heard that Westech uses Cheese Head greese, out there in Wisconsin.

Poof, Kenny, DrGreg, can you confirm this?

hdexpert · Sep 12, 2010

yep!!

RAYZER said:
does it look like this?

Sure does!! That or somebody fed a baby Indian food!!

phil2968 · Sep 12, 2010

The snapper mower company uses a 00 (double aught) grease in their gearboxes. Very runny grease! Should be able to buy it at any snapper dealer in 1 quart bottles.

RAYZER · Sep 12, 2010

hdexpert said:
Sure does!! That or somebody fed a baby Indian food!!

This answers a question iv'e had for a while! i posted a thread a while back ( green goo ) asking what this was after it glopped out of one of my steering knuckels, no body seemed to know? it seems like a good idea to run this in the knuckle ( half full ) because my axle u joints are un sealed.

poppop · Sep 12, 2010

On our corn heads the grease fitting for filling is on the bottom. We remove the top plug and fill until it runs out. These units are very high speed and take a beating and very seldom fail. If the winch were mine I would fill it up.

m16ty · Sep 12, 2010

Thanks for all the responses.

The winch has got new seals in it all the way around but I've heard of several resealed winches that would still leak the gear oil out. That's why I'm going with the corn head grease.

I've put in 3 tubes so far ( 1 3/4 in the worm side and 1 1/4 in the shifter side). I think I'll add atleast one more tube per side to be safe.

RANDYDIRT · Sep 12, 2010

Dayum, this is a classic... When I first read the title I thought it read "Corn Hole grease in Wench".

Dirt

RAYZER · Sep 12, 2010

Gastrap · Sep 12, 2010

doghead said:
Google it or search it here on SS. Corn Head grease is good stuff. I know the JD part number has been posted here before. try both "cornhead grease" and "corn head grease"

Deere #AN102562, good stuff. Deere corn head gearcases have 11 gears, 8 bearings & 6 plain bushings in them & the grease never fails them unless someone fails to grease them.

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