[gleanerjd]

started wheat today, heard a ticking or something the otherday thought nothing of it well long story short the cone bearings the ones that your supposed to repack every year. well we and the previous owner had never done this since 81 when it was built. So they deiced to go today. The shaft they ride on is ok but we have to get all the bearings, all the seals, and such. I hope we can get them between the two agco dealers in our area. Has this happend to anyone? we only do about 50 acres of wheat, 12 of oats, 50 soys, and 25 corn. Should we really take this drive sheive apart every year and repack the bearings? O well i guess we will get our parts next day ups if we have 2

 

[orangeguy]

You could probably go 5-6 years, with the acres you run. There are repackable bearings on both the right and left side. On the header drive side I tapped the hub on a M-3 and gave it a few shots of grease occasionally.