Rch
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- Joined
- Apr 6, 2000
- Messages
- 658
- Location
- Central Wisconsin
- Tractor
- 1986 Ford 1910 with 770B (FORD) loader, 4 MFWD; 1986 Bolens G214,back hoe,loader,MFWD (Iseki) 21 hp)
I have a Landpride 25-60 tiller that started leaking gear/chainbox oil at the tiller shaft seal. I brought the seal and was going to replace it but found at partial disassembly the I didn't have the tools (gear puller, chain hoist) to finish the job. I put the gear/chain case back on and pumped about 5 grease gun cartrages until it would not take any more. I used it for a couple of seasons with no obvios problem. At the beginning of the season this Spring I thought I better check it and was able to pump another 5 or 6 grease gun cartrages in with no problem. That kind of worried me, thinking that all that grease could be pushed off to the sides, not doing much lubricating. Therefore I poured ( more like coaxed) a quart of STP in the case after poking around with a long screwdriver to make a channel thru the grease. Mr-fixit, in answering a post in "Grey Market Tractors" http://www.tractorbynet.com/cgi-bin/compact/showflat.pl?Cat=&Board=greym&Number=37058&page=0&view=expanded&sb=5 re this practice said it will eventully fail ( "pay me now or pay me later").{note the period MChalkley/w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif} I did the same to a gearbox on a rear Lucknow snowblower that leaked around stripped threads on the filler plug 4-5 years ago and it is still going. I coaxed a couple of ounces of STP into that gearbox also yesterday since it seemed a good idea. The grease that has been in there was like bloby molasses. That maybe a different deal though compared to the Landpride since the filler plug is up on the side whereas the the Landpride leak is 3 to 4 inches from the bottom of the chain case at the tine shaft.
At any rate, is there any insight/experience out there on such salvage manuevers. Obviously a steering gearbox and a tiller gear box have different orders of stress.
RCH
At any rate, is there any insight/experience out there on such salvage manuevers. Obviously a steering gearbox and a tiller gear box have different orders of stress.
RCH