3RRL
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- 55HP 4WD KAMA 554 and 4 x 4 Jinma 284
No big deal here.
Among my 400 hour tractor maintenance for my Kama 554 was to change the front axle gear oil. There are 3 drain plugs to get rid of all the old oil. One under the front differential and one on each "final drive" of the front wheels. Be sure to get all 3 drained and remove all the fill plugs (3) for venting.
BTW, you will need bigger containers for the two drains on the final drive than I did. They take over 2 quarts each, so I had a little oil spill to deal with. I had to plug them when the quart bottles overflowed. I think a large coffee can would have fit under there, which holds about 2 quarts.
I re-filled with 9-1/2 quarts of Havoline 85w/145 gear oil. Not synthetic, just regular good stuff I bought at Napa in a 5 gallon pail. Book calls for 90w, but I like the 85w/140. I thought about using synthetic, but couldn't find a 5 gallon pail. There are also 3 fill plugs on the 554. One that has the vent tube which is on the axle housing, and one on each final front drive. No need to use the ones on the final drive when re-filling. The one on the axle housing fills them all. I questioned this because the book lists the 354 as having separate capacities for the axle housing and final drives, but not for the 554. There is just one quantity listed for the entire front end drive so I wasn't sure if the final drives would fill or not? I checked after re-filling when I opened the drain plugs and new oil started to come out, plus it took the 9-1/2 quarts completely.
I say this because when I first got the tractor, I changed the oil but did not drain the final drive units ... I did not see those drain plugs. So when I went to fill it with the 9-1/2 quarts, it over flowed and I questioned the amount it took. It wasn't until a year later that I saw the drain plugs on each final drive hub!
Among my 400 hour tractor maintenance for my Kama 554 was to change the front axle gear oil. There are 3 drain plugs to get rid of all the old oil. One under the front differential and one on each "final drive" of the front wheels. Be sure to get all 3 drained and remove all the fill plugs (3) for venting.
BTW, you will need bigger containers for the two drains on the final drive than I did. They take over 2 quarts each, so I had a little oil spill to deal with. I had to plug them when the quart bottles overflowed. I think a large coffee can would have fit under there, which holds about 2 quarts.
I re-filled with 9-1/2 quarts of Havoline 85w/145 gear oil. Not synthetic, just regular good stuff I bought at Napa in a 5 gallon pail. Book calls for 90w, but I like the 85w/140. I thought about using synthetic, but couldn't find a 5 gallon pail. There are also 3 fill plugs on the 554. One that has the vent tube which is on the axle housing, and one on each final front drive. No need to use the ones on the final drive when re-filling. The one on the axle housing fills them all. I questioned this because the book lists the 354 as having separate capacities for the axle housing and final drives, but not for the 554. There is just one quantity listed for the entire front end drive so I wasn't sure if the final drives would fill or not? I checked after re-filling when I opened the drain plugs and new oil started to come out, plus it took the 9-1/2 quarts completely.
I say this because when I first got the tractor, I changed the oil but did not drain the final drive units ... I did not see those drain plugs. So when I went to fill it with the 9-1/2 quarts, it over flowed and I questioned the amount it took. It wasn't until a year later that I saw the drain plugs on each final drive hub!