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[charlie hill]

A piece of wire is what got the seal in my old AC cutter.  Wrapped around 
the shaft and I didn't know it until it was too late.

Charlie
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From: "Indiana Robinson" <robinson at svs.net>
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> On 26 Jul 2006 at 23:10, Ralph Goff wrote:
>
>> I'm wondering if rather than replacing the seal right away I could maybe
>> pump grease into the box through the level plug, or replace it with a 
>> grease
>> fitting? I suspect it would not be sufficient lubrication though and I'll
>> likely have to do a disassembly to replace this gearbox seal.
>> Any opinions, advice, experience with this type problem is welcome.
>
>
>
> Many cornpickers and combine gearboxes used grease only in them. I
> always felt better using something like moly or teflon based grease in 
> them.
> Years ago we had a stalk shredder that used grease in the box. For some
> reason it said on the box to NOT use graphite grease. I'm not sure why. 
> "Oildag"
> was considered an early super lubricant.
> Maybe you could run about 5 or 10% gear lube and the rest grease?
> Sometimes those bottom seals get ragged out even though the bearings are
> tight due to wire or long stems wrapping the shaft. Some of the old waxy 
> greases
> that got hard were not suitable but most of the new stuff is better. As 
> you say,
> better some lube than no lube.
>
>
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