I was doing some spring maintenance today on my tractor, changing fluids etc. I decided to check the fluid in the front axle. I have attached a diagram from my manual for reference. If I open plug #32 on the top of and on each side of the axle I can see some fluid in there but, how do I know when it's full?
Also, if you look a the actual wheel gear assemblies there is a plug on the inside about 1/2 way up the assembly. This plug is not numbered in the attached diagram but if you look at item number 40 you can see the plug hole on the inside of that assembly. However, when I opened this plug on the left side of the tractor lots of fluid came running out. On the right side nothing? How do I fill these? Do they get fluid from the axle above or is there another fill plug for this? Is this my full level indicator for the axle? /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif
Also, if you look a the actual wheel gear assemblies there is a plug on the inside about 1/2 way up the assembly. This plug is not numbered in the attached diagram but if you look at item number 40 you can see the plug hole on the inside of that assembly. However, when I opened this plug on the left side of the tractor lots of fluid came running out. On the right side nothing? How do I fill these? Do they get fluid from the axle above or is there another fill plug for this? Is this my full level indicator for the axle? /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif