Bob Borinstein
Plastic
- Joined
- Jan 23, 2006
- Location
- Austin, TX
I'm trying to do right for the 14" Delta wood/metalcutting bandsaw I have in my lab at school. I want to change the gearbox lube, but every time I call Delta I get a different answer. The manual is vague to say the least: "a good grade of heavy adhesive gear oil".
My 1st call to Delta was pleasant enough, but I wasn't allowed to speak to a Technician! The customer noservice rep had to relay all his replies to me. What I finally got was 140 wt. gear fluid. My 2nd call provided a part number for a container of Delta gear fluid, but it was no longer a valid part and hadn't been for many years. My last call said I should replace it with what was in it originally...
After asking and reading on the OWWM forum, the best guess I can come up with seems to be 140 wt, GL1 (to protect seals and "yellow metal"). Other recommendations were trans fluid, automotive gear fluids in 90 or 140 wt., mixtures of 140 and 90 and STP,ISO gear fluids, synthetics, etc. Nobody knows what the real spec is. Why is this such a difficult question to answer?
Can someone please tell me the correct lubricant to use in the gearbox?
Bob Borinstein
My 1st call to Delta was pleasant enough, but I wasn't allowed to speak to a Technician! The customer noservice rep had to relay all his replies to me. What I finally got was 140 wt. gear fluid. My 2nd call provided a part number for a container of Delta gear fluid, but it was no longer a valid part and hadn't been for many years. My last call said I should replace it with what was in it originally...
After asking and reading on the OWWM forum, the best guess I can come up with seems to be 140 wt, GL1 (to protect seals and "yellow metal"). Other recommendations were trans fluid, automotive gear fluids in 90 or 140 wt., mixtures of 140 and 90 and STP,ISO gear fluids, synthetics, etc. Nobody knows what the real spec is. Why is this such a difficult question to answer?
Can someone please tell me the correct lubricant to use in the gearbox?
Bob Borinstein