Dozer Final Drive Lubrication
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Topic: Dozer Final Drive Lubrication
Posted By: Ian Beale
Subject: Dozer Final Drive Lubrication
Date Posted: 28 Jul 2020 at 9:05pm
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Our FA 10 has started leaking from one sprocket seal. And our diesel fixer son's service truck is the other side of Australia. So my question is - Has anyone tried that part oil, part "O" or "OO" grease mix - successfully?
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Posted By: pinball
Date Posted: 29 Jul 2020 at 6:38am
| a diesel mechanic told me they fill the compartment with axle grease. for a short term fix i think it would be okay but it will need a new seal if for anything else just to check the bearing and shaft. |
Posted By: DiyDave
Date Posted: 29 Jul 2020 at 5:38pm
If its temporary, till you get it fixed, corn head grease might work. Google thixotropic grease... ------------- Source: Babylon Bee. Sponsored by BRAWNDO, its got what you need! |
Posted By: Ian Beale
Date Posted: 29 Jul 2020 at 5:50pm
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Thanks. I've seen mention of a mix of about half "O" cornhead grease and gear oil for gearboxes with leaky seals, but never on a final drive. So asking before leaping. It will be used for scrub feeding cattle so intermittent loading and not heavy work. Sometime I'll do an item on that form of drought feeding which probably sounds odd to you folk.
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Posted By: steve(ill)
Date Posted: 29 Jul 2020 at 6:30pm
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I would not worry as much about gear loading as i would lube to the TOP SHAFT BEARINGS.. The gears pickup the oil and sling it to the top to drip down into the bearings. Lube level in the case is far below the top shaft... Make sure the "mixture" is viscous enough to wick onto the gears and travel up to the top shaft... "GREASE " is to thick...... Cornhead grease and maybe some gear lube could work.. You dont want jello ... you want THICK, but FLOWABLE. ------------- Like them all, but love the "B"s. |
Posted By: Ian Beale
Date Posted: 29 Jul 2020 at 6:36pm
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Thanks. On the thickness ratings "O" is given as "peanut oil" - I presume at room temperature?
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Posted By: steve(ill)
Date Posted: 29 Jul 2020 at 6:42pm
just a GENERIC drawing of a final drive... its them two top bearings #13 that we need to worry about getting proper lube. ------------- Like them all, but love the "B"s. |
Posted By: steve(ill)
Date Posted: 29 Jul 2020 at 6:50pm
you want thicker than peanut oil ------------- Like them all, but love the "B"s. |
Posted By: Ian Beale
Date Posted: 29 Jul 2020 at 11:56pm
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Steve It is a double reduction final drive and there is an oil trough for the first reduction Thickness rating here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NLGI_consistency_number" rel="nofollow - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NLGI_consistency_number The cornhead grease is thixotropic, meaning it liquefies with stirring. Not sure how that applies to the rating above.
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Posted By: Mactractor
Date Posted: 30 Jul 2020 at 2:03am
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I must remember to pack apple sauce and brown mustard in lunch bag in case final seal goes out and it runs low on lube. |
Posted By: Ian Beale
Date Posted: 30 Jul 2020 at 4:11am
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Mac Maybe the consistency but the taste might be a different matter. Will you report back please?
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Posted By: steve(ill)
Date Posted: 30 Jul 2020 at 9:15am
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Yes Ian.......... your final drive is not exactly the same as the GENERIC drawing above.. But the effect is the same.. You need OIL to the top bearings.. If the gear case was full of Heavy Grease it will not be thrown and FLOW into the bearings on your trough.. That was my only point.. Make sure it will FLOW to the bearing. You can buy O or OO , or mix gear lube with heavy grease to get the consistance you want... the APPLE SAUCE reference might be a good one... maybe a tad thinner! i think what you are looking for is maple surup !
------------- Like them all, but love the "B"s. |
Posted By: Ian Beale
Date Posted: 30 Jul 2020 at 4:28pm
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Steve "i think what you are looking for is maple surup ! " What I'm actually looking for is someone who used it successfully so I can borrow the recipe. I checked the dozer yesterday and it hasn't leaked any more stationary. So we'll see what happens next outing. I got a piece of high tensile fence wire in one seal on the other side. Bloke who deals in dozers suggested seeing if I could work it out. Took a track plate off for access and managed to work it out with a sheet metal finger. It actually took up - Fiat face seals seem to be forgiving so hopefully - -- .
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Posted By: HD6GTOM
Date Posted: 05 Aug 2020 at 1:14pm
| A pal if mine ran AC dozers for years. He used to buy STP in 5 gallon buckets and run a 50/50 mixture of it and oil. He did that because he got barb wire wrapped around his. He said it stopped/ slowed down the leak till he could get it in at the end of the season and fix it. |
Posted By: Ian Beale
Date Posted: 05 Aug 2020 at 5:17pm
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Thanks everyone. Looks like I can get about 3 hours per filling which will allow me to keep up with the cattle. Next part of this problem up on a new post.
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