How To Lubricate & Grease Your Cub Cadet XT1 - LT 42/46 Lawn Tractor 

I’m old school brother. I did clean it off and added dry lube. Thanks for the info my friend.

Thanks my friend. Once you knock em out the first time it’s easier the next time. Happy mowing season.

Nice brother enjoy the new equipment.

Good to know brother. Thanks for the info.

Yeah it had some problems going in. The zero fitting isn’t replaceable like on cars. It did take though so half went in and half came out but it definitely took, just wasted some grease. Thanks for looking out brother and thanks for the feedback.

Thanks for the info brother. I jacked up the tractor.

@@MrV2u P.S. IF you place the floor jack in the CENTER of the front axle crossbar, you will only need to "jack once". OH, that's BAAAAAD if you know what I mean 🙂

Thanks my friend. Glad to have helped.

Thanks bro.

You are correct sir. Thanks for the info. I’m old school and lube everything. I cleaned it off and used a dry lube on it which wouldn’t attract dirt.

Cool deal brother. I have to look into them.

Yeah I’ve been told that. I always greased my tractors and never had issue. Maybe I should have used a dry lube to prevent the risk of sticking. Thanks for the heads up brother.

Yeah I’m old school I live everything up. Next time I’d go with the dry lube as well. I usually grease in the begging of the season and check midway through.

You’re very welcome my friend.

Thanks my friend.

I’m like a Canadian geese my hands repel grease like their feathers repel water. I been a mechanic for 25 years and lil dirt won’t hurt. Thanks for the tip brother. Enjoy your Cadet. Happy mowing season.

Probably counting on future repairs. Leave it to the engineers brother to ruin simple diy fixes and maintenance.

Many of these spindles have sealed bearings. Greasing them will do nothing but maybe damage the seals and dirt will destroy the bearings.

I did forget about those, I need to double check mine next time. Thanks for the info brother.

Don’t have on that machine

Thanks for the advice my friend.

I have to double check brother. Thanks for the heads up.

Sealed bearings

​@@rickgaston7118 You're correct! I don't know why they chose to seal the bearings. I assume they filled the assembly with grease but didn't leave any room for the grease to penetrate into the bearings!

They don't have grease fittings, but they should.

You got it my friend. Thanks for the feedback.

You can use a dry grease so it doesn’t attract dust. If not let it run they way it is. Thanks for the info brother.

Most likely you have the wrong blades or there is a restriction above the collar. Try to stick with the original blades by having them sharpened at a local repair shop.

@@MrV2u Thx. These were the original blades and they were sharpened by the dealer. FYI although it doesnt solve the problem, I found that waiting a couple of days, whatever is up there dried out and compacted by hitting the collar with a hammer so I was able to get them off leveraging a flathead screwdriver. Needed the hammer to raise the collar up far enough to put the blades back on. I'm going to take the entire thing to the dealer this winter and have him clean the collar out. He may have faced this problem before and has some suggestions.

Sounds like a plan. Let me know what they come up with. Thanks for the info my brother.

@@MrV2u I will. And thank you for your vods.

It’s not going to hurt anything. I like everything to be lubed up to prevent rust and seizing when it comes time to removing things. I believe they say that so dirt doesn’t stick to it. Thanks for the info brother.

Yup. DRY steering gears may get dirty, BUT, the grime will not have any substance to mix/stick with. Grease + dirt on steering gears = grinding paste = worn out gears ;-(

Good point brother. I never thought of it that way. I may need to do an update video on that.

@@jefferybernard4800 till you see a bit coming out.

Not move but spin it*

@@yellowlingling748 if you look in the back of the tractor toward the bottom right is a metal rod that sticks out. Pull it out a couple inches. This puts it in neutral and you can roll the tractor very easily.

It’s a thin metal rod, silver in color and has a 90 degree bend in it.

@@MrV2u oh okay. Thanks

Cool deal brother. I have to check it out.