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Plastic
- Joined
- Oct 4, 2013
- Location
- Morton, WA
So the pinion gear on my spindle drive is worn badly on a TC-3 I picked up a few months ago and the spindle motor is loud. I'm having new bearings put in the motor and replacing the pinion gear. Everything else looked fine.
The oil level in the gear box was about 1/4 up the sight window which appears to be below the pinion gear. Normally on a gear box I'd fill until the oil came out the fill location... which is at least another inch higher than it was. Where should the oil level be? Also, is there an alternative to MOBIL SHC 626 Synthetic Gear Oil? It appears to be a 90 weight synthetic but I can only find it in 5 gallon pales.
My drawbar pressure was a little low so while I had everything apart I check out the drawbar for broken belleville springs. It actually looked really good, including the grippers. What grease should I use? It had some crazy sticky white grease and was well lubed. Also, do I lube the backside of the grippers?
The oil level in the gear box was about 1/4 up the sight window which appears to be below the pinion gear. Normally on a gear box I'd fill until the oil came out the fill location... which is at least another inch higher than it was. Where should the oil level be? Also, is there an alternative to MOBIL SHC 626 Synthetic Gear Oil? It appears to be a 90 weight synthetic but I can only find it in 5 gallon pales.
My drawbar pressure was a little low so while I had everything apart I check out the drawbar for broken belleville springs. It actually looked really good, including the grippers. What grease should I use? It had some crazy sticky white grease and was well lubed. Also, do I lube the backside of the grippers?