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Sun, Jun 10, 12 at 11:24
My LT about 22 years old now and was bored the other day and desided to regrease the rearend. Figured after 22 years of service could use new lub job. Actually things was that bad both in the removal, cracking the case open, and the internals. Cleaned, regreased, all assembled now. took about 3 1/2 hours. Did find safety concern while I was in there. Fuel line was seaping at the tank connection. Fixed that all is well. Ready for another 20 years!.
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| Wow. Nice work. I've been doing that on my 21" mowers over the last few weeks. You're supposed to do it every year, but I don't. Dirty job, cleaning the factory grease and dirt out of the axle-end gears/ratchets and cleaning the drive wheels. I also hand-drill a 1/8" hole halfway up on the mower gearbox and shoot in all the Sten's #00 grease I can get in, then put in a short sheet metal screw with an O-ring under the head. When I slowly drill the hole using a hand drill, the shavings roll out of the hole in one piece so nothing gets into the case. Then I use spray white Lithium grease on the end gears and regular #2 white Lithium grease on the axles and drive gears. Been doing that for several years and nothing has broken down yet. |
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