Laneman950
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When I bought my place the seller left me a post hole drill attachment. It's been sitting out in the pasture. I hooked it up yesterday and noticed that the driveshaft does not turn by hand. If I swing the shaft out to the side and use it like a wrench, it turns, but this seems like too much force. When hooked up to the PTO it seems to take too much torque to get it going. Gears sound fine. There is very little oil in the case, so I didn't run it more than a few seconds. Should I: A) add oil and run it B) Flush old oil out, then fill with oil and run it (what do I use to flush?) C) Open the gearbox and try to fix. This is almost beyond my expertise- I'm thinking it may need a backlash adjustment or new bearings