Picked up a John Deere 790 a while back... low hours (930) but a hard life. Zerk fittings on the loader won't take grease from lake of attention over many years..
Unscrewed the fittings and hit the hole with a mini wheel on a Dremel in a bath of WD-40... also put a shot of grease thru the zerk and out came a dried up plug of dirt.
3 for 3 so far...
I figure somebody fights this from time to time... so I posted my solution.
If you don't think this post is worthy... I am so sorry... please let's talk about the Bologna Virus some more.