Small leak on 422 front wheel motor

[KMA]

Is it likely that I will be able to replaces seals etc to fix a leaky wheel motor on my 2006 PT422? Better to replace? I did some searching around the forum and founds different posts, but it was difficult for me to piece all the info together. Any suggestions on where to buy parts other than direct from PT?

Thanks in advance for your help.

 

[Clarke]

Kevin,

I have had at least 5 wheel motors repaired by PT. Better to have repaired. PT Charges $84 to put in seals and the shaft bearings + shipping. You have to pay to ship to them. When I buy a spare motor I will try to repair myself. I have the repair instructions for my CE white motors, looks like an easy job. You can also find a local hydraulic shop to do the job.

sg

 

[SnowRidge]

Is it likely that I will be able to replaces seals etc to fix a leaky wheel motor on my 2006 PT422? Better to replace? I did some searching around the forum and founds different posts, but it was difficult for me to piece all the info together. Any suggestions on where to buy parts other than direct from PT?

Thanks in advance for your help.

So far, I have never had to send anything to Power Trac for repair.

If you know who made your wheel motors and their model number (or at least series), you can look up the name of your nearest distributor on the manufacturer's web site. I ordered a spare wheel motor and a seal kit that way.

You will need a quality hub puller and a press to do the job. I had to use a 42 inch cheater bar to get the hub nut off on my PT-425. Loosen the hub nut with the wheel still on the machine and the tires on the ground. Block all four tires or you will just move the machine.

I did not use an impact wrench.

 

[J_J]

Just curious if you had the wheels in the wide/reverse position?

 

[kjm3232]

[If you know who made your wheel motors and their model number (or at least series), you can look up the name of your nearest distributor on the manufacturer's web site. I ordered a spare wheel motor and a seal kit that way.

You will need a quality hub puller and a press to do the job. I had to use a 42 inch cheater bar to get the hub nut off on my PT-425. Loosen the hub nut with the wheel still on the machine and the tires on the ground. Block all four tires or you will just move the machine.

I did not use an impact wrench.[/QUOTE]

if you dont know who made your wheel motors or or the series of it, what i did was send my motor down to PT and asked them to send me a spare seal kit with the returned motor. that way i then new the manufacturer and series of the wheel motor. Also get all the bearings as well as the seal kit as well. when i tried to replace the seals one of the bearings fell apart as well and i didn't have one on hand. i ended up sending it back to pt because i thought i scratched the inner working on it. i,m also trying to find a more local hydraulic repair place.
if you do it yourself i think someone said to use a impact wrench because the hub nut has to be set to a certain torque limit. someone correct me if i'm wrong on this. i dont own a impact wrench or compressor. those are on my tools to buy list someday.

 

[ponytug]

...if you dont know who made your wheel motors or or the series of it, what i did was send my motor down to PT and asked them to send me a spare seal kit with the returned motor. that way i then new the manufacturer and series of the wheel motor.

This qualifies as brilliant work in my book.

if you do it yourself i think someone said to use a impact wrench because the hub nut has to be set to a certain torque limit. someone correct me if i'm wrong on this. i dont own a impact wrench or compressor. those are on my tools to buy list someday.

Yes, hubs are very picky about torque settings. Very picky.

Out of curiosity, if you don't have a compressor, how do you clean the oil cooler?

All the best,

Peter

 

[SnowRidge]

if you do it yourself i think someone said to use a impact wrench because the hub nut has to be set to a certain torque limit. someone correct me if i'm wrong on this. i dont own a impact wrench or compressor. those are on my tools to buy list someday.

You should use a torque wrench, not an impact wrench, in my opinion. It think my hubs were torqued to 450 ft lbs. It took at least 600 ft lbs to get one of them off.

 

[MossRoad]

You should use a torque wrench, not an impact wrench, in my opinion. It think my hubs were torqued to 450 ft lbs. It took at least 600 ft lbs to get one of them off.

Ya! An impact wrench is good for getting stuff off, but you need a torque wrench to put it back on to the correct specs.

 

[J_J]

The do make those torque tubes to go on impact wrenches. The way they work is, they act like a short 1/2 in extension bar, until you get to the torque setting, and then it starts to flex, and the torque wrench will not apply any more torque.

 

[SnowRidge]

The do make those torque tubes to go on impact wrenches. The way they work is, they act like a short 1/2 in extension bar, until you get to the torque setting, and then it starts to flex, and the torque wrench will not apply any more torque.

Sounds interesting. Can you provide a link? I can't find anything like that using Google.