gear oil in a 4x4 front end
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North Idaho Wolfman
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Your not going to help it by just putting in heavier oil, you need to get into it and fix the wear points. 
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It might sit in there cold a little better.......but would it gets a little warmer, it too will slip through the worn parts. It is a bandaid at best. Like Wolfman said, ought to dig in and find the problem if possible.
This^^^! Nothing is going to replace maintenance.Your not going to help it by just putting in heavier oil, you need to get into it and fix the wear points.
Down in Haiti, when a ring and pinion gets really worn, they pull them, pack the axle pumpkin with hard grease, jam the gears back in, and drive it a little longer. Even grease doesn't tighten up a worn out gear set.
ha ha ha i know it is not going to fix it i ham tarring in to her today i have hear a tick from my front end when i jack the tractor up i do not here the tick do you guys think it is wheel bearings or a nearther problem
wheel bearing replacment
i im about to do the wheel bearings in the front of my l3010 4x4 i have heard a tick from the hub when i jack the tractor off the ground i do not hear the noise any help would be grate ware should i start taring it apart im i correct in thinking it is bearings are the pressed in any help would be very apreshated
i im about to do the wheel bearings in the front of my l3010 4x4 i have heard a tick from the hub when i jack the tractor off the ground i do not hear the noise any help would be grate ware should i start taring it apart im i correct in thinking it is bearings are the pressed in any help would be very apreshated
Lot of play in my L3010 4X4 front-end too. Mines leaks a lot as well (seals are worn). I just continue to top off with UDT until I have the $$ to replace what's needed.
Let us know what you find when you tear into yours.
Let us know what you find when you tear into yours.
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Re: wheel bearing replacment
The bearings on Kubota's are not normally pressed in, they are normally held in place with clips.
The front axle on the L3010 is not pressed bearings.
Do yourself a favor and get the WSM P/N 97897-12192 it will walk you through the entire repair procedure.
The bearings on Kubota's are not normally pressed in, they are normally held in place with clips.
The front axle on the L3010 is not pressed bearings.
Do yourself a favor and get the WSM P/N 97897-12192 it will walk you through the entire repair procedure.
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That seal and two inexpensive bearings could very well save you a small fortune in gears. Bite the bullet and fix it right.
85w140 and 80w90 leaks out a little slower than UDT but it still leaks out. I have an L4330 in the shop now that customer neglected. His front axle repair is about $4000. Set of seals and $250 would have solved it last year but he didn't have time to mess with it. Kept pouring oil into it. Forgot to check it while he was in a big hurry to put out deer food plots. Instead of seals and 2 bearings, it's now differential, it's bearings, hub seals, kingpin seals, caps, axle bearings, kingpin bearings, shims, ring & pinion gear, and lots of labor.
After while pouring oil into it every so often also gets expensive. I understand putting it off because of financial reasons but at some point it's going to have to be done. The more one uses their tractor, the higher the chances that something else will go south. Mine, too, leaks, but I have used it twice this year. It's leaking and I'm not going to mess with it until I fix the leaks.
After while pouring oil into it every so often also gets expensive. I understand putting it off because of financial reasons but at some point it's going to have to be done. The more one uses their tractor, the higher the chances that something else will go south. Mine, too, leaks, but I have used it twice this year. It's leaking and I'm not going to mess with it until I fix the leaks.
Any oil is better than no oil if it has leaked out!
And if it's like mine it leaks quickly, I'm scared at what I'll find as the last guy didn't do maintenance and it was dry
That even makes me more scared of what I'm going to find!
The service/maintenance section of the operators manual on my L3410 says you can substitute 80-90w gear oil for the factory installed UDT fluid, if needed. IMO, if the seals and bearings are leaking 80-90w, it's (past) time for replacement; seeing as using gear oil is already a patch.