corey
Member
I was cutting a food plot this month in the afternoon with temps well in the 90's and high humidity.
Turning regularly in the tractor seat, to check behind on the brush hog working, I noticed wet streaks on the inside of the LEFT rear ag tire. The rear tires are not liquid filled so first thought was that the marks might be from high wet grass. Quick visual check on the inside RIGHT tire, NO streaks. Disengaged the PTO and slowly drove from the field to the garage. Shut down the 284LE (very nice machine, delivered 10-04, about 145 hours) dismounted and got a better look. The streaks were oil like to the touch. Could not see a source. All metal on the rear end was dry and pollen/dust covered. Put down a cardboard square on the ground with one side all the way to the left tire tread and went to get an ice coffee.
Came back in less than ten minutes and saw a drip of fluid on the cardboard directly under the brass zerk that is on the rear of the left drive shaft housing. Needed to wait for many minutes for the next drip to slowly energe from the nipple of the zerk and drip to the cardboard below.
Source identified. Brass zerk replaced. No more drip. Problem resolved.
However, when the brass zerk was removed the fluid coming from the opening flows and feels like tranny fluid. Never greased this zerk or the one on the right shaft housing because the manual depicts the shaft housing connecting to transmission housing without a seal to prevent tranny fluid from flowing into the shaft housing.
If I am correct in assuming that the shaft housing is filled with 85 W 90 tranny fluid, why put a zerk on the right and left shaft housing instead of a plug ??
Comments appreciated,
corey
Turning regularly in the tractor seat, to check behind on the brush hog working, I noticed wet streaks on the inside of the LEFT rear ag tire. The rear tires are not liquid filled so first thought was that the marks might be from high wet grass. Quick visual check on the inside RIGHT tire, NO streaks. Disengaged the PTO and slowly drove from the field to the garage. Shut down the 284LE (very nice machine, delivered 10-04, about 145 hours) dismounted and got a better look. The streaks were oil like to the touch. Could not see a source. All metal on the rear end was dry and pollen/dust covered. Put down a cardboard square on the ground with one side all the way to the left tire tread and went to get an ice coffee.
Came back in less than ten minutes and saw a drip of fluid on the cardboard directly under the brass zerk that is on the rear of the left drive shaft housing. Needed to wait for many minutes for the next drip to slowly energe from the nipple of the zerk and drip to the cardboard below.
Source identified. Brass zerk replaced. No more drip. Problem resolved.
However, when the brass zerk was removed the fluid coming from the opening flows and feels like tranny fluid. Never greased this zerk or the one on the right shaft housing because the manual depicts the shaft housing connecting to transmission housing without a seal to prevent tranny fluid from flowing into the shaft housing.
If I am correct in assuming that the shaft housing is filled with 85 W 90 tranny fluid, why put a zerk on the right and left shaft housing instead of a plug ??
Comments appreciated,
corey
