From: Everette (194cbteng@bellsouth.net)
Date: Mon May 08 2006 - 04:12:55 PDT
just a thought on lube for winch gear box,
I come from farm background and we (John Deere dealership) used "cotton
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> Hi List,
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picker spindle grease" in gearboxes of brush cutters that were prone to leak
gear oil - these machines have gear box driven by driveshaft from rear of
farm tractor, and typically have heavy cutter blade on output shaft, the
grease is light weight and designed to lubricate gear box on cotton picker
heads - hot, dirty, heavy service - should do a good job on winch gear box
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bruce C. Beattie" <bruce@EECS.Berkeley.EDU>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Monday, May 08, 2006 12:46 AM
Subject: [MV] Winch Tip
> I learned a usefull tip from Kevin Strain today concerning winches.
> For some reason the military speced gear oil for the winches, and along
> with the gear oil comes
> drips of gear oil as one would expect.
> The trick is to put a grease fittin on the winch and fill it full of
> grease.
> No more leaks and performance is the same.
> Bruce MVPA 23824
>
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