Amsoil Spy Grease

[Alan L.]

I would like to add some NLGI 00 grease to my Rhino cutter gearbox due to the fact that the front seal now leaks after I got a willow limb wrapped up in the yoke.

Unfortunately it appears that I would have to buy a 5-gallon bucket of the Amsoil Spy Grease, which would be about a 100 year supply.

Any idea where I can get similar grease like this retail, and how to you get it in the gearbox? I have a grease gun with a nipple - can you get it in a regular grease tube, or is it too fluid for that?

 

[Soundguy]

Why not just replace the seal?, and then run the gear lube recomended. Remember, the oil in there is as much for lubrication as it is for heat sink / cooling properties... that is why most final drives run in oil not grease.. and why steering boxes -can- run in grease..less heat due to less movement.

Soundguy

 

[shady1701]

nope i've tried 5gal. seems to be the norm. check caterpillar and jd for smaller sizes not looked yet.

Actualy many suppliers use 00 grease it's becoming more of a std. practice to keep from repeated seal replacement.

If you can find it it works good. many people i've heard of putting a grease fitting on the oil fill vent and filling it full of std grease..

 

[Alan L.]

Soundguy, I talked to a Rhino service rep and he stated that my gearbox was shipped with 00 in it. I guess it can't go anywhere, but I added some 80-90 to it a while back and now the seal leaks a little. He said its OK to mix, but I wonder if my addition of lighter oil has made the 00 that was in there a lot thinner.

 

[Soundguy]

I'm sure the average viscosity of the oil/grease mixture is somewhere between the original values of the oil, and the grease... so yes.. plainly.

Soundguy

 

[dass]

My NH dealer has the grease in quarts,I think it had a NH label . dass