Stihl FS70 / FS56 grease point for gear box

[@sarahknight4996]

Thanks for the maintenance tip. The Stihl dealer says these are sealed & non-serviceable. Guess is they want to sell more trimmers. Even a sealed unit that doesn't leak will break- grease is subject to heat & shearing ( parts rubbing on each other) causes the grease to dry out. If the dealer had told me before purchase the gear unit was sealed, I would have bought one that wasn't sealed. Dealer will also tell you that replacing the gears cost nearly what the machine cost to begin with.

[@mk15handyman]

Thx for your comment and for your thoughts

[@jozefbircak8054]

Thank You for the video. After 20 years (yes... twenty-btw still works) I bought a second one FS 55, I was shocked that the greasing point is missing. Seller told me it is maintenance free.....!!! The old one I greased 1-2 x per year, never NEVER failed the gearbox. Great idea the greasing adapter, like it.

[@mk15handyman]

Glad I could help! Thx for your comment

[@MrT6bill]

Excellent post, very useful to FS56 and FS70 users!!

[@mk15handyman]

Thx for watching and thanks for nice comment

[@jimaragon2110]

Thanks for posting this, I really appreciate it. 👍

[@mk15handyman]

Hi Jim. Thanks for that comment. You just made my day 😀

[@OuttaHere7]

Brilliant! Kudos to you for thinking to post this! No Kudos to Stihl and Echo that decided they could show they don’t really give a damn about making products that are easy to maintain😡

[@JM-jd7yp]

Good idea. Just bought one and I knew the gearbox needed greasing but I love the useage of the nozzle to reach the correct point. Thank ou and I wish you well.

[@mk15handyman]

Thx very much for your comment

[@zsolt6907]

Just what I was looking for, very useful info, thank you!

[@mk15handyman]

Great to hear!

[@portiesbrew724]

Thank you for this - mine keeps welding the line in the head so hopefully a bit of grease will help stop getting it so hot

[@mk15handyman]

Hopefully that will resolve your problem. Thx for watching and getting back to me

[@snoopfurlow1275]

A tab bit of oil in the spool,grease the flex shaft,gear Head assembly

[@cayrick]

Exactly the video I was looking for. Thanx!

[@mk15handyman]

Glad it was helpful! Thx for watching. And please like and subscribe

[@simontrangmar4537]

Thanks very much for sharing this tip. Regards Simon / Adelaide / Australia

[@mk15handyman]

You are so welcome. I'm glad it was useful for you. I love Adelaide :)

[@attilamolnar2713]

Thanks, i have fs 55, the video is very useful !

[@danielpadgett2831]

Excellent tip thank you for posting 👍👍

[@mk15handyman]

No problem 👍

[@venturahwy76]

thank you

[@hotwheelsracer6380]

I have a video on doing this exact thing! Great job brother🤘🤘

[@mk15handyman]

Thx

[@tdok]

I wonder if you can put a 1/4" zerk onto the head for easy greasing.

[@johnharte2729]

Ta ,thanks good tip.

[@mk15handyman]

Thx for your comment

[@sandormolnar]

Köszönöm!!

[@davidthompson9936]

thank you very much mk15handyman very helpfull indeed thank you

[@mk15handyman]

Happy that you liked it and thx for your comment

[@captainsmokey9223]

I am using small 2.5cc syringe and fill 2.5cc to 3cc is enought but greasing 2 times a season. I will do today. Cos my main brush cutter sub one is bike gandle shindaiwa mountain use professional.

[@jimlaw6017]

I come to a halt at the 1.33 mark. The screw/bolt will not screw out. The nearest allen wrench in either metric or us either spins or gets a grip that can strip the female part of the screw out. I notice that you have a whacking big bolt. Did that mean you stripped the allen wrench and replaced it?

[@mk15handyman]

Yes I had the same problem and I have replased that bolt for easyer usage for future

[@21elkaholic]

How did you take out that screw on the bolt after taking off the cover? I feel like I'm gonna brake the wrench it's on solid

[@mk15handyman]

be very carefull. i have broke the original and replace it with better one for easy usage in the future. make sure you have bright size tool to undo it as its really tight

[@Crete__Life]

Do you think it's feasible to add a grease zerk fitting where its missing there grease access point?

[@mk15handyman]

I think it is possible. Not bad idea - but after the warranty. For me it's not that big problem as this machine is my backup and only need to do this one per season

[@davebrock6618]

been thinking of doing that but haven't seen anyone else showing if it can be done.

[@harryerhart5978]

Do that with your fc91 edger also

[@mk15handyman]

Thanks for your comment. I appreciate it

[@nickl8247]

I never know how much grease to squirt in there

[@mk15handyman]

Not too much. It depends how heavy its been used

[@martyledford3614]

Where did you get the tip

[@mk15handyman]

the perfect tip is from silicon tube, the screw on tipe. It fits perfectly and cost almost nothing

[@xuvitosheqi7269]

What type of gear box is fa 55 called😢

[@snoopfurlow1275]

Non greaseable gearbox.they don't last long,i purchased one from eBay,still going strong

[@mk15handyman]

I'm not sure