I guess I didn't post very well. The manual diagram for TT shows zerks on both rear wheels. It looks to me like it is on the brake linkage. Anyway, I cannot locate these.
Has anyone owning a TT ever greased these?
Hi Bobby,
There is a grease fitting on each brake actuator, they are behind the rear wheels however.
If you decide to remove the rear wheels to lube the brake actuators, I recommend that you perform a brake adjustment at the same time.
Mad Mackie in CT
The first time I did a brake actuator lube I removed the rear wheels, but I noticed that the grease fitting can be accessed thru the holes in the rear wheels and I do it this way now. Should be a similar brake system to my Tiger Cub, but the larger wheels may have a different position of the holes in the rims.
Mad Mackie in CT
Hi again Bobby,
I just went out and looked at my machine and then I remembered that I was going to replace the straight grease fittings with 90 degree ones, but they were too tall and could contact the inside of the rim. But on a machine with larger diameter wheels installing 90s may work. I can easily see the grease fittings inside the rims when I lift up the seat.
Look in your operators manual for the brake adjustment chapter and it shows a good drawing of the brake and where the grease fitting is located.
The 90 fitting could be positioned so it could be greased with a gun.
Mad Mackie in CT
Mackie; I've looked at that schematic several times and have a copy on my work bench. I know its there and will keep looking. I can't believe scag owners are greasing this fitting. I doubt shops are doing it.
Well...guess what? I found the zerk on the left side near the rear wheel. I crawled underneath and kept feeling until I felt something that felt like a zerk. Then I got up and stood behind the rops (down postion left side) and could see it, now that I had cleared it off protruding forward about halfway up the wheel and about 5 or 6 inches beyond the opening in the wheel.
I still could not get grease couple on it. I think if I back up onto my ramps I may be able to get to it from underneath.
Below is what Scag said in a facebook reply to my question:
Scag Mowers commented on your Wall post.
Scag Mowers wrote: "There are fittings on the parking brake mechanisms, one on each side. Check your manual but this is typically a once per year operation. You'll need to remove the rear wheels to get at them easily."
Hi Bobby,
That's great that you found a slide on 90, I've got one somewhere but I haven't seen it for a while, probably hiding under something in my over filled tool box!!! I've got an adjustable angle grease adapter that I use on the spindles.
Soon I'm going to do a 50/100 hour service on my Tiger Cub, I think that I will remove the rear wheels and do a parking brake adjustment while I'm at it. Gotta clean the deck too and start thinking about a replacement fan for the collection blower, local Scag dealer stocks one. I picked up some 20W-50 oil and a hydraulic filter and I'm going to do the hydraulic system also.
A point of info, when you remove the hydraulic oil filter the reservoir drains out thru the filter housing so be prepared to catch 3 plus quarts of oil.
Later
Mad Mackie in CT:laughing::biggrin::smile:
