Bush Hog Complete Service in 12 Minutes

I needed to service my Bush Hog so I thought it would be a good time of year to do a front-to-back service. If you take out the time I was just explaining what I was doing, it took about 12 minutes.

The first thing I did was to remove the PTO shaft and grease everything on it. That includes the U-joints, the shear bolt assembly, and the plastic shield. I'm fortunate to have a PTO shaft that comes off easily from the gearbox, so that was a fairly easy job.

Next, I got a 15/16" socket and open end wrench and tightened all of the bolts on the cutter. Brush Hogs have a lot of vibration, which tends to loosen bolts. I hit all of the bolts on the A-frame, the tail wheel assembly, and the gearbox. You don't want any of those bolts to get loose.

My check of my gearbox oil was next, and it showed I had enough oil, but it was a milky color, which means it has drawn some moisture. That could have come from humidity and is pretty normal when you live in an area that has a lot of moisture in the air. There's enough lubricity there to bush hog a few more acres, but I need to change it, and I'll do that in a future video. On my machine, you have to use a suction pump to get all of the oil out and replace it with new.

I greased the tailwheel, including the yoke that attaches it to the bracket, and the wheel itself.

Finally, I got my flashlight and looked under the machine for anything wrapped around the shaft that leads to the blade pan. It's not uncommon to find baler twine or wire around there, and left unattended, either type of material can run up the shaft and take out a seal and fail a gearbox. Fortunately, everything was fine there. I also looked at the blades, which were extended, if you hit something in the field, it can push a blade up into the blade pan and having one blade out and one blade in can just about shake you off the tractor seat.

Outside of needing to change the milky oil in the gearbox, everything was good and ready to go back to the field. I can continue brush hogging with a clear conscience.

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