lharrell799
Member
Hello all,
I bought a B2910 with a 60" belly mower, last year. I have been using the belly mower to shred a pasture. The pasture is mostly grasses/weeds, with a few small mesquites. The mesquites are only about 1/4" to 1/2". The mower does fine with all of this. However, about a month ago, I was mowing and noticed the front oil cap on the gear box had popped out, and the gear box was empty. I disconnected the mower, took it home, cleaned everything and placed the cap back in the gear box and filled it up with gear oil. The cap fit very tight. The next week, I mowed about 5 acres with it, and it was flawless.
2 weeks later, I mowed about 2 acres. I looked down, and noticed oil all over the deck. I shut the mower down and inspected. This time, the oil cap on top of the gear box had popped out, and all oil was lost. The gear box was hot to the touch. What is causing this? Am I working the mower too hard? Is it possible I'm overworking it, causing it to get hot, which pressurizes the gear box? Maybe the gear box is building up pressure and pushing the caps out?
Anybody ever had anything like this happen?
I bought a B2910 with a 60" belly mower, last year. I have been using the belly mower to shred a pasture. The pasture is mostly grasses/weeds, with a few small mesquites. The mesquites are only about 1/4" to 1/2". The mower does fine with all of this. However, about a month ago, I was mowing and noticed the front oil cap on the gear box had popped out, and the gear box was empty. I disconnected the mower, took it home, cleaned everything and placed the cap back in the gear box and filled it up with gear oil. The cap fit very tight. The next week, I mowed about 5 acres with it, and it was flawless.
2 weeks later, I mowed about 2 acres. I looked down, and noticed oil all over the deck. I shut the mower down and inspected. This time, the oil cap on top of the gear box had popped out, and all oil was lost. The gear box was hot to the touch. What is causing this? Am I working the mower too hard? Is it possible I'm overworking it, causing it to get hot, which pressurizes the gear box? Maybe the gear box is building up pressure and pushing the caps out?
Anybody ever had anything like this happen?