From: Ken Boge (ken@clovermachine.com)
Date: Fri Apr 26 2002 - 08:07:20 PDT
Worm gears are usually made of bronze. Some EP additives use sulfur which
will attack bronze. It's best to read the label to see if the gear oil is
compatible with this metal.
Ken
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From: "mydogexcitesme@times" <tomb@carr.org>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2002 11:24 AM
Subject: Re: [MV] M35A2 winch gear oil
> i also have to question dave's advice. he may have had a winch that
> someone put grease into or some other issue ? EP gear oils should work
> in anything calling for GO and the winch calls for the same oil as the
> trans and rears which would certainly be EP. i have had EP 90 in my
> winch for many years and it still looks just like GO.
> tom
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