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jardindelalma
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 Posted: Thu Dec 02, 2004 7:57 pm Post subject: Reduction gear oil level? |
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what is the correct oil level in the reduction gears.....i have a book that say .5 US Pint....seems like there would be some other method of telling.....
thanks!
P.S. if it matters i have a 65' |
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jardindelalma
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i thought i remembered something about this...but to make sure...
the reduction gear oil and transmission oil level are one and the same....sould be cchecked with bus on all fours (as opposed to being jacked up) and should come to the bottom of the fill plug...
Correct????
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Fill the trans until it comes out the fill hole. Thats how I do mine.
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| Posted: Thu Dec 02, 2004 8:17 pm Post subject: |
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when your changing the gear oil, you put the .5 pint in each RGB then fill the trans til it comes out the hole. remember it's the single fillhole is on the passenger side not the 2 plugs on the drivers side. you won't get any gear oil in that way.
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| Posted: Fri Dec 03, 2004 8:46 am Post subject: |
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| UZI wrote: |
| when your changing the gear oil, you put the .5 pint in each RGB then fill the trans til it comes out the hole. remember it's the single fillhole is on the passenger side not the 2 plugs on the drivers side. you won't get any gear oil in that way. |
I think that is splitcase tranny only
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UZI
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| Posted: Fri Dec 03, 2004 9:44 am Post subject: |
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| EverettB wrote: |
| UZI wrote: |
| when your changing the gear oil, you put the .5 pint in each RGB then fill the trans til it comes out the hole. remember it's the single fillhole is on the passenger side not the 2 plugs on the drivers side. you won't get any gear oil in that way. |
I think that is splitcase tranny only |
makes sense, it was most recently that i was under the king panel.
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| Posted: Fri Dec 03, 2004 7:20 pm Post subject: Re: reduction gear oil level??? |
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| jardindelalma wrote: |
what is the correct oil level in the reduction gears.....i have a book that say .5 US Pint....seems like there would be some other method of telling.....
thanks!
P.S. if it matters i have a 65' |
Hi Joshua,
When you change the gear oil, fill the RGBs first. Then fill the center section. When filling this, the gear oil will fill the top of the RGBs and the axle tubes. If you end up with a gear oil leak about the upper 1/3 of the center section gear oil drains down through the axle tubes to the RGBs to keep them filled. Hopefully long enough for you to notice the leak before it becomes a danger when that RGB runs dry and the bearings sieze!
On long trips when we get out of the bus. We take a walk around it to look for any fluid leaks and have caught a few that could have been disastorous, but were an easy fix instead.
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