Came upon a beatup rotary cutter the other day, when I got it home, I thought the 1st thing that should be done is to check the gearbox for oil, but all to be found was the remnants of oil from years past....A nasty looking yellowish gunk,
So, I put some 80w-90 in it and rannit for 30 min, and thought it would act as a solvent as it got hot and disolve some of the gunk, sort of flush it out... but this stuff is still in there, does any one know how to get this crud out, the cutter seems to work fine. Should I be too concerned?
I am inclosing a pic of the gearbox, there are 2 nuts, top-ctr(big), bot-left(small), I would assume you put the cutter level and fill gearbox to top nut? then drain out bottom? Seems logical. (anyone know for sure?)
Ken
So, I put some 80w-90 in it and rannit for 30 min, and thought it would act as a solvent as it got hot and disolve some of the gunk, sort of flush it out... but this stuff is still in there, does any one know how to get this crud out, the cutter seems to work fine. Should I be too concerned?
I am inclosing a pic of the gearbox, there are 2 nuts, top-ctr(big), bot-left(small), I would assume you put the cutter level and fill gearbox to top nut? then drain out bottom? Seems logical. (anyone know for sure?)
Ken