GeneralEclectic
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- Jun 21, 2011
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I have a GR2120 with the 54" deck. The deck's gearbox is coated in oil. Looks like it leaked from Day One, four years ago. I saw it a while ago, but thought the oil around the gearbox was nothing more than some leakage from a breather, but after I look at it in detail, I see there's no breather. (It would be nice to have one, actually) So, when it heats up it pushes out the gear oil from the seal behind the u-joint. My question is how difficult a job is replacing this. I've changed seals before in small and large engines, but I'm unfamiliar with this particular piece of equipment. From the IPLs below, it looks like it could be pretty easy. Pull off the u-joint (not sure how that's held on, hard to tell from the shaft pic, but may be just the clamp), drive out the old seal and drive in the new one. However, the "Nothing is ever simple" rule may be operative here and, in the edge case, breaking down the entire box could be necessary. I'm hoping someone is familiar and can give me a push in the right direction. I *really* don't want to pay my dealer $400 for a $20 seal replacement.