watched aout 2 other videos before this one and you blew them outta the water. They talked while you showed what to do. great job, gave a thumbs up!

Man was that helpful. I got my first lawn tractor in July. I've been learning as much as I can with these KZfaq videos. I sure wish the John Deere Dealerships had classes on maintenance.

For anyone having difficulty getting grease into the front axle center pivot, you might try lifting the tractor frame and letting the axle hang. This procedure really helps me get grease into my old 345.

My S140 has grease fittings on the front wheels too.

On the first maintenance the pully spindle needs about 40 pumps (depending on the gun) to fill the void and overcome the bearings seal. If you don't fill the void you are wasting grease.

You forgot about to grease the center blade grease zerk, middle blade has one on top also

Finally somebody who knows how to make a video!

Nice job! I just serviced my S170 and there are three spindles to grease. The center one is easy to reach from the front of the mower. G'day stew

I have a D140 purchased in 2011. Still going strong, I think these are good machines. I took those black deck covers off a long time ago. All they do is trap grass and debris.

Great tutorial! My e140 is due for its yearly and i was sweating the lubing. Thanks for this!

Very good info, will help me complete

I use a shop vac to remove the leaves and grass around the spindles.

You forgot the ones on the front wheel hub also, will be a good idea to clean your mess, it won't hurt.

Just a heads up, the little cut outs in the base of the plastic covers on the deck are there to be able to reach in with the grease tip on your gun and get on the Zerk fitting, without having to remove the covers...

Thank you, made it look easy

Thanks! I have an S130 I bought last year. I did the maintenance kit this year. I tried greasing everything but could only get the wheels. Going to go at it again tomorrow and get the deck. Wasn't sure how to get at the grease points on it.

I have one on each front wheel.

There is a third spindle on the deck to grease

Don't forget the third deck spindle grease fitting on the center spindle

Why not just use a leaf blower to get all the grass and leaves out from under those covers each time? I clean mine after each mowing with both my leaf blower and pressure washer (all over not just the spindle covers). It's a little over kill but I want to keep grass and junk from building up under the deck and such. I've seen how much it can really clog things up without taking the time to keep it clean. Oh, and great idea about driving it up on car ramps to make it easier to "find" the grease fittings! Did you know there are fittings on the inside of the front wheels? Take a look and you'll see them there wanting their fair share of grease too.

May want to include a video on lubing the center spindle on this E180 lawn mower. It’s a real challenge to get that one. Very bad spot thanks to John Deere. Let me know if you can figure this one out.

Please don’t forget about the ladies that have to do this there’re self so pointing is good so we know what you mean

Thanks

The manual says there is a grease fitting on the front wheel hubs but I do t see it on e180. What you think to do?

I do the same. Blow everything off good with a leaf blower after every mow. Didn’t know about the grease points under the black deck covers, so thanks. Have a e120

Can you use the same all purpose grease used on grease fittings for cars? I see john deere has its own branded grease.. Wondering if it matters.

You missed two on the insides of the front wheels themselves friend.

Why are you taking the covers off? There is an opening in the cover right where the grease fitting is located on each side.

If you have tree blades you have another grease fitting on blade in middle

The spindles are sealed bearings

Wow this helps! I have an e120 23 hours on it and the service light pops up... did yours do the same?

Hi, good video! So I just get a 120 model and is showing the service warning, according to the manual is time for the 8 hours service, after greasing the components, will the warning go away by itself? Thanks for any help.

What about the center spindle?

You missed the center spindle lube point. This is the hardest point to lube.

I have the E180 purchased in 2019 with 54” deck. My question is when greasing my top has three grease points and some underneath. How do you recommend getting underneath?

Clean off the excess grease your leaving all over the place.

Is there a place to grease the middle blade spindle? Also I have e180 and does yours go 5.5 mph with the blades engaged? Mine will only go 3.8 mph.

3 blade deck??? Don’t forget the center spindle hub

How is it holding up? I'm getting the E170 this month. Time for an update video 😉

Thank you

Absolutely no need to grease the two center blade spindles as the bearings installed in the casing are sealed . All you are doing here is filling the hollow tube that holds the two sealed bearings.

Thanks. Any special tip needed for the grease gun? Any special type of grease?

Is the turbo fuelled by meth?

I'm betting you didn't actually get any grease into the blade spindles. Too much of an angle. fwiw, I leave the plastic pully guards off. Had a D-140 / 48" deck and ran it this way for 13 years. No problem, and being able to blow the debries away from the spindles keeps that stuff from accumulating moisture and rusting the deck in that area.