Thread: hot gearbox.

how hot is hot, and how long did you keep running for when you noticed the noise?


*edit* Oh that hot! it doesn't sound good carl!!

Ring Lucas, they should sort you out straight away

Let it die Carl and get ya new 8/30s lol

kept it running all day.

nois was intermediate and only when swinging from horasontal to vert.

i thaught the blde was lose at first.

i gues it cant keep runnign forever.

anyone wanna buy a good mill.

You can't touch mine after it's done some work, think they're meant to run faily hot

I'd be starting to be concerned if a gearbox is getting much more than cant hold your hand on it for long
I'd certainly be thinking something is going on if it has started to make a noise and it's getting hot.
Carl, maybe drain the oil and have a look to see if u can see any metal particles in the oil, it'll look like iredescent paint if it's bad.

Pete

may be time for an oil change ??once every year or so dont hurt!

changed it in january.

im gunna drain it and see what its like.

did i dream it or has the dip stick filler cap have a magnet on he end

you must have dreamed it. mine dosent even have a dip stick.

Do you grease your mill before or after running, this makes a difference in bottom bearing life.
regards inter

Carl with my model 6 the gearbox would get very hot during a days milling, so hot if you checked the oil level at the end of the day, you got showered in oil as you undid the filler cap, don't ask me how I know?

How was your oil level? was it right up? do you check it regularly as per instructions, weekly I recall.

The dipstick is on the new gearbox's, that's something I loved about the new machines, also I made an addition to my gearbox when doing the first oil change. I chucked a rare earth magnet on the end of the drain-plug. Those little suckers could suck golf balls down hose pipes (if the golf ball was metal ) so the aim is that any metal particle in the oil after shut down will be drawn down to the drain-plug, therefore keeping it out of the workings. I've got a heap of these little magnets if anyone is interested - missus does craft stuff and she bought 'em on ebay, the one I used fits just right on the end of the drain-plug and hangs on like #### to a blanket.

Carl, I'd be replacing your oil, chucking a rare earth magnet in there (not a normal one as they don't hold anywhere near as well and you'd just cause yaself more probs, then running her up to temp, let the magnet do it's work and dropping the oil out again, in the hopes of getting as much particle out as possible and reducing any wear as soon as you can, might buy you some more time with that gearbox

all sorted.

heat was caused by slipping belts.

i got some belts of Dudley at maleny and put them on last week.

they are to long.

i have tensioned them until its squashing the exhaust by 3mm and there still not tight. ill have to get another shorter set in town.



got the motor just about sorted now to. re did almost all the electrics. runs ok now. havina small fuel problem now night have picked up a bit of sludge when the tank ran dry the other day.

geese good one Carl!!!!