From: Tony Castagno (tonycastagno@verticalthought.com)
Date: Mon Jun 10 2002 - 10:26:45 PDT
Hello List,
I was driving my Ferret out the other day on quite a long trip (150
miles round trip) At one point I was on the interstate doing about 50mph
3200 rpms (approx) for about 20 miles, when I came off the off ramp I
smelled 90wt gear oil. I looked down on the floor and saw a quantity of
gear oil had come out of the right front bevel box. I pulled over and
checked the level of the oil and it seemed full.... I tried to put some
more in but it just came right out the level/fill plug. On top of the
bevel box is a fill plug and what looks like a fitting. Is this a
venting mechanism that my bevel box just vented through? I seem to
remember someone talking about bevel boxes venting but I don't recall
the specifics. In addition the box on the right (the one the oil came
from) seemed hotter to the touch than the left one.... anything I
should check specifically or be concerned about? Is this normal
behavior? The two front ends were just rebuilt and filled with oil,
perhaps overfilled?
Thanks,
Tony Castagno
Managing Partner
Enterprise Architect
Vertical Thought, LLC
http://www.verticalthought.com
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