I’ve had this for a number of years now I was going to do some PM but I dont see any grease ports. Is this head serviceable?
Troy bilt LE720 edger head
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Clean it up and then split it (looks like it is screwed together, two halves). Don't use typical NLGI #2 grease, you want to use a grease made for high speed gears.
Stihl has a grease plug on their gear heads and a high quality grease for this purpose.
https://www.stihlusa.com/en/ap/fs-gearbox-grease-1027267
What does your manual say?
Interestingly this one is just a basic clamshell and doesn’t appear to be intended for a grease bath with semi liquid. No sealing or gasketing just open bevel gears and half sealed bearing cartridges. The outer face is rubber sealed and the inside face of the bearings is open.
I used my EP-1 black pearl (polyurea) grease and have confidence with will do very well.
I used my EP-1 black pearl (polyurea) grease and have confidence with will do very well.
Thanks for the update and the pics. I try to use a semi-liquid grease in applications like these and I'm sure the seals on the bearings would be enough to keep it from leaking. Did you re-grease the bearings?
Naturally. Same black pearl EP1 (polyurea EP waterproof grease). Pics are the dirty/before just after I split the case.
Thats what I did with the trimmer head on my Troy Bilt. Just split it, cleaned out old grease and dollop in some fresh stuff.
