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<blockquote data-quote="Monty" data-source="post: 7413705" data-attributes="member: 775"><p>We replaced the 2 beater gearboxes in ours 5 years ago with new and one side went again last autumn. I think it's the sloppy muck we spread running down through the seals and into the bearings that killed it. So I stripped and replaced the bearings with a much heavier duty one at the top plus fitted a grease nipple to each to grease these top bearings. New gearboxes were around £500 each 5 years ago, new bearings and seals £30ish. The rotors have massive bearings at the top but 2 small puny ones in the gearbox which take most of the load and run dry due to sitting in the top of the gearbox. It wouldn't be so bad if the bearings could be replaced easily but these boxes were designed by a sadist.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Monty, post: 7413705, member: 775"] We replaced the 2 beater gearboxes in ours 5 years ago with new and one side went again last autumn. I think it's the sloppy muck we spread running down through the seals and into the bearings that killed it. So I stripped and replaced the bearings with a much heavier duty one at the top plus fitted a grease nipple to each to grease these top bearings. New gearboxes were around £500 each 5 years ago, new bearings and seals £30ish. The rotors have massive bearings at the top but 2 small puny ones in the gearbox which take most of the load and run dry due to sitting in the top of the gearbox. It wouldn't be so bad if the bearings could be replaced easily but these boxes were designed by a sadist. [/QUOTE]
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