Front wheel locked up

blueriver · Feb 15, 2012

What a day so far. Yesterday I drained out two coffee cans of grease from the front drive ... sat a bucket under it in case any more grease came out ... the loader settled over night and put the front axle at an angle, crushed the bucket and I had grease all over the shop floor ... started to remove the old seal and old race ... punched right threw the seal and couldn't get it or the race removed and thought I'm gonna tear something up ... off to the machine shop for some help.

James says ....well your being to kind, you gotta wack that thing hard ... he lined up and blasted that punch with a swift blow and out came the seal and next blow the race ... oh well at least its out and nothing broke ... 10 bucks, thats 5 bucks per wack!!!!!

Stimw · Feb 15, 2012

As they say, Education- Priceless!
Ain't it funny the more you try to keep it clean the more stuff happens and makes it's own mess!
If you are dealing with grease, paint, glue or caulking you might as well dip your fingers in it because you will wear it sooner or later.

blueriver · Feb 15, 2012

Stimw said:
As they say, Education- Priceless!
Ain't it funny the more you try to keep it clean the more stuff happens and makes it's own mess!
If you are dealing with grease, paint, glue or caulking you might as well dip your fingers in it because you will wear it sooner or later.

Yep Priceless ... well tonight its got a jack under that side, even though there's probably no grease left in it !!!

Now I'm just waiting for parts .....