Steve,
In industry it is not uncommon for a gear box that has bad seals to be
filled with grease on a "hopefully" temporary basis.
Some years back when I worked in industrial landscape maintenance if we lost
a seal on a mower we would run as long as 4 months with nothing but grease.
the old coon that started that trick was a Seabee, I don't know if he picked
that up in the Navy or on the farm in Ark.
If you remove this, (and you probably should) check all of the seals to make
sure that someone did not do a temp fix and forgot about it.
rikk
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From: Military Vehicles Mailing List [mailto:mil-veh@mil-veh.org]On
Behalf Of Steve Smith
Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2000 6:11 PM
To: Military Vehicles Mailing List
Subject: [MV] M38 front axle
Hi List,
Has it ever been common practice to fill the front differential with a
combination of gear oil and grease? I just opened mine up for the first
time since I bought last year and found a thick black sludge that makes
crude oil look like good. No! the vehicle has not run except for 50 miles.
The steering knuckle with the Bendix universal joint was packed with grease
so much that had there been 90 Weight in the Diff. it could not have reached
it.
Any recommendations?
Steve
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