Maintenance on Befco RFM

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AJE

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I have a Befco C50 Cyclone rear discharge finish mower. I've kept the blades sharp and kept it lubed and reasonably clean, but I was wondering about the gear box. Do you have to change the oil in them? IS there oil in them?

I bought it all from the original owner, who gave me all the books, but it just comes with a parts breakdown and doesn't say anything about maintenance. Befco's website doesn't even have that much on there.

Should I be doing anything else? I have four acres but I'm only keeping about 1/2 of it mowed all the time. Thanks.
 
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I have a Befco C50 Cyclone rear discharge finish mower. I've kept the blades sharp and kept it lubed and reasonably clean, but I was wondering about the gear box. Do you have to change the oil in them? IS there oil in them?

I bought it all from the original owner, who gave me all the books, but it just comes with a parts breakdown and doesn't say anything about maintenance. Befco's website doesn't even have that much on there.

Should I be doing anything else? I have four acres but I'm only keeping about 1/2 of it mowed all the time. Thanks.

I have a C30 Befco 60" RFM. Other then belt replacement (once), blade sharpening (every other season), greasing and checking the gearbox oil, I've never had to do any other maintenance. I check the gearbox oil at the beginning of the season. After 10 years of ownership, the lube oil still looks good and I've never had to top it off. IIRC, the manual only calls for topping off, not replacement of the gear oil.
This mower was used when I bought it as part of a package deal with my first tractor. I'd guess it's between 13 and 15 years old.
Very robust mowers. Not as heavy as a Woods, but quite tough as long as you remember these are lawn mowers.
 
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I guess I didn't get the manual itself, just the parts diagram. I'll try to email Befco to see what they say. Thanks.
 
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I guess I didn't get the manual itself, just the parts diagram. I'll try to email Befco to see what they say. Thanks.

Good luck, I'm sure you'll be quite satisfied with that RFM.

Nice to see another GLOCK guy on the forum, BTW.
 
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I've had it for over a year now, it is a great mower. I just got concerned because I wondered about the gear box.

Glocks rule :)
 
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I bought a used RFM, I would open up or check the oil in there. This one mainly sat outside and was not used much... but this is what I found: Water in the oil and about 2" too much volume.
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I can't take the top off of mine like that, I but I know that it was never stored outside. It was kept on the tractor in the summer months in the garage and stored in the shed during the winter months.
 
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I can't take the top off of mine like that, I but I know that it was never stored outside. It was kept on the tractor in the summer months in the garage and stored in the shed during the winter months.

I can't either, but you can remove the filler plug and take a look inside with a flashlight. One of those pencil beam lights (minimag) works well.
 
 

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