changing front hub and axle oil suggestions

[seedman stains]

Anyone with any cheap gadjet or a simple solution to this messy job.I have a plunger type thing which sounds good but isnt?

 

[milkloss]

Bit of gutter with a magnet attached to tip the old oil away. Bodged gas bottle with fresh oil in, airline coupler welded on for pressure and a pipe for the outlet into hubs.

 

[milkloss]

Do you have one of these? If it's not working well you can tighten the nuts for the rubber so it works better.

 

[davieh3350]

Do you have one of these? If it's not working well you can tighten the nuts for the rubber so it works better.

I threw mine away, it was sh!t. I tried countless times to adjust it.

 

[milkloss]

I threw mine away, it was sh!t. I tried countless times to adjust it.

fair play...... I think Some oils shrink and others swell the seal so they can be a bit of a ball ache!

 

[farmerm]

just don't

 

[Farmer Roy]

Anyone with any cheap gadjet or a simple solution to this messy job.I have a plunger type thing which sounds good but isnt?

err, I just screw in a threaded / hose tail fitting, with a short bit of hose on it, into the filler plug, move the wheel until it’s at the bottom of the hub & let it drain into a container

of course it is easier if the oil is hot, or you want to have a cup of tea or two while it is draining out

 

[seedman stains]

Draining is the easy bit ish its the re filling I have one of those plunger things which I use as a forced funnel fill up and push in the plunger but at about .5l a go and when a front axle needs perhaps 9l its a chew!!!!especially when the refill is the level plug on the axle

 

[Farmer Roy]

Filling is easy

i just use one of those hand pumps that go in a 20 l drum . . .

 

[ACEngineering]

It's not a difficult job really

 

[SilliamWhale]

Its not that dirty a job. 20 mins per tractor?

 

[Lofty1984]

It's not a difficult job really

Just as well close the thread now that’s the only way to do it in my opinion

 

[Farmer Roy]

Filling is easy

i just use one of those hand pumps that go in a 20 l drum . . .

oh yeah, this McNaught pump is about AUD $35 - so not expensive at all

 

[ACEngineering]

Just as well close the thread now that’s the only way to do it in my opinion

Oh no its a rather interesting subject once you get looking

 

[livestock 1]

Small coke type bottle cut a square out of the side near the bottom and pour oil in through hole put the bottle neck in the filler. Done them in the field loads of times

 

[Dave W]

I've s vintage one like this for gearboxes. Best thing ever

 

[Farmer Roy]

Err, if filling the front axle / hubs on a tractor is difficult, how the hell do people cope with diffs / transfer cases / gearboxes in Landrovers & Hiluxs et al ??

the 20 litre drum pump is the cheap simple solution

 

[livestock 1]

Twin lamb juice bottle the one with the pull up pipe

 

[Farmer Roy]

Filling is the easy bit. Just stick the nozzle in the filler / level hole & pump till it’s full . . .

it’s the draining the hubs that is the slow messy cûnt of a job if you’re not organised. You don’t want to let it run all over the rim / tyre / ground & make a mess

 

[Lofty1984]

Filling is the easy bit. Just stick the nozzle in the filler / level hole & pump till it’s full . . .

it’s the draining the hubs that is the slow messy cûnt of a job if you’re not organised. You don’t want to let it run all over the rim / tyre / ground & make a mess

Or undo the drain plug at the bottom of the hub as I stupidly did there was back pressure and I got covered in gear oil