M35A2 winch gear oil

From: Anderson Neal F DLPC (AndersonNF@ncsc.navy.mil)
Date: Thu Apr 25 2002 - 08:11:46 PDT


In Military Vehicles Magazine issue # 78, Dave Anderson's excellent article
on lubrication cautioned very strongly against using extreme pressure (EP)
gear oil in the worm drive front winch; says it will turn to goo and ruin
the gears. I'm using Valvoline Durablend 80W-90 everywhere else in the
truck, but it is EP. Valvoline says they don't even MAKE a non-EP gear oil!
What should I use in the winch?

Neal AndersonNF@ncsc.navy.mil



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