This article was updated March 6, 2023. It was originally published Aug. 1, 2001. Gears—even plastic ones—need to be lubricated if engineers are going to coax the best performance out of them. In the ...

Many older corn heads require special “corn head grease” to lubricate the row unit gearboxes. Customers have asked if they can use standard grease in those gearboxes to avoid having to switch grease ...