Brushhog... Leaking oil bad, any advice please on how to fix this.

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Jun 20, 2008 | 09:06 AM

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Rednecktastic

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Yeah I don't mow much (twice a summer about 5 acres) but it seems like it's leaking it out before I can get much mowing done.

Maybe I'll try the grease and STP first to see how it does. I'm gonna sell the piece of junk here soon and use my bigger tractor anyway.... I just need to get the bigger one set up first..

Jun 20, 2008 | 09:55 AM

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Originally Posted by 12valve@heart

If you put the tractor in neutral, make sure that it's blocked well. Don't want it rolling over you or your truck. Just stating the obvious.

Most of those gearboxes are pretty simple; just gears and bearings. If you find that a new seal will only slow the leak down and not fix it, one of the tricks that we used to use was to push a full tube of gun grease into the gearbox and then top it off with 90W gear oil. Not good for close tolerance bearing like in the Getrag transmission but if the box it pretty worn anyway, it sure makes the leak slower.

Good luck with it.

That's what I was going to say. We've filled 'em clear up with gun grease before. Better than having oil running all over.