[BrentzZ71]

Im going through our 9600 that we recently bought and looking for the oil tube for straw walker gear case but its not there. It looks like the gear case has been maybe replaced because its grey but no tube. Is this normal for this maybe upgraded gear case, all I know it would be darn tough to check the oil.

 

[Grainline]

A lot of them have had the oil replaced with grease.

 

[johndeere1]

It's filled with grease and the tube has been removed

 

[Stephan]

Corn-head grease...maybe has a zirk in the bottom where the oil hose used to be.

Or maybe the hose rotted off and it's running dry!

 

[BrentzZ71]

Thanks, I guess that makes sense. I see the bottom and its fitted with a plug but no zerk fitting.

 

[5stateag]

It doesn't need to be serviced, as long as you don't have issues with it. I personally have never repaired one since they started doing this method.

 

[9770hillside]

On my old 9600 you had to access the zerk from the rear of the gearcase behind the clean grain elevator. I replaced it a couple of years before I sold it and the local deere dealership said to use corn grease. They said put a zerk in the plug in the back and a vent in the plug on the top. I would grease it twice a season with about 5-10 pumps and never had an issue.