The UT400 definitive grease point thread

[aefron88]

I've seen a number of requests for the location of all the grease points on these machines, and there is no definitive list in the manual. This covers the UT400, but other Coleman/Hisun models should be similar.

Tools:

First to grease your machine you need a grease gun and some NLGI#2 grease. You will find it helpful to buy a needle attachment as pictured here, due to poor clearance on some of the U-joints. The rest of the zerks use the standard attachment.

 

Technique:

Wipe any dirt/grease off the zerk before greasing to prevent pushing gunk inside and causing excess wear.

Push the grease gun on the zerk at a straight angle and give it a few pumps. You will hear an oozing noise or sea grease coming out from the outside of the greased area when you've put enough grease in, a few pumps should be plenty.

If it's just oozing around the zerk you either don't have a good seat with the gun, or the zerk may be rusted and the check ball frozen. Try seating it again and regrease.

Wipe up any excess grease when youre done to prevent making a mess.

Greasepoints:

Rear A-Arms are greasable with the wheels on from the rear, I took the picture with the wheel off for easier visibility

 

That's it. All other Hisuns should be substantially similar.

[Dan_Lockwood]

Thanks for the information.  Once I get it all pressure washed tomorrow, I'll get busy with my grease gun!

Dan

[Rob DeVido]

good stuff, thanks for doing this!

 

 

[ColemanOutfitter550guy]

Thanks for doing this, super helpful. Any tips for getting the drive shafts greased? They’re in super awkward positions and I can’t figure out a way to get a coupler in them.

[aefron88]

The needle adapter shown in the first post makes it so you don't need to be straight perpendicular like with a traditional grease gun coupler, You need to make sure you're buying the blunt type like that, there are also sharp needles meant for piercing rubber in ball joints, etc.

With the blunt needle adapter you basically shove it into the check ball. It does make a bit more of a mess than a normal coupler, but it does fit. The driveshaft zerks are certainly have limited clearance.

The other option is a small grease gun that just fits on top of the zerk without coupling. You can see one pictured in the "rear driveshaft" pic Something like this