how can i tell if they're oillite?I would guess the new bushings are oilite, oil impregnated sintered bronze.
Best to use a light non detergent oil to lube them, no grease.
Ed
too late.Genie lift to me means a man lift. There's no way I'd drill a pin in a man lift. Put some grease on it and forget about it. Or drill the bushing if you need to, not the pin.
jlg should have properly asked if they prefer to grease once a year, or later on tear things apart and replace pins and bushings.At least as far as jlg goes... I have a 60ha at home. All the pivot points are greaseable. A few years back, at jlg school they covered this. Why doesn't jlg use greaseable pins? Because they did a survey years ago, and concluded nobody was interested in greasing them. I assume genie is the same way.
Im a little late to this thread oillite bushing tend to look a little porous in my experience and i sure tell tale way to find out is warm a spot up with a little torch propane or butane they will begin to ooze oilhow can i tell if they're oillite?
I was thinking of drilling the pins and putting some grease fittings.
Edit: just looked up oillite and I think the new bushings are those.
Interesting. I think the bushings were oilite. But I ended up putting grease fittings in anyways.Im a little late to this thread oillite bushing tend to look a little porous in my experience and i sure tell tale way to find out is warm a spot up with a little torch propane or butane they will begin to ooze oil
jlg should have properly asked if they prefer to grease once a year, or later on tear things apart and replace pins and bushings.
You mean lance out every pin because the dang things are ALWAYS seized solid into the metal parts of the frame.