Auger Lube

marcusmerritt · Mar 1, 2018

Ford 2000; 3 cyl. gas; 4/1 trans....I recently bought a well used International Machinery auger and 9" bit to use for some fence posts. Drained the lube out of the head and it was totally black and not much thicker than the oil I used to drain out of my diesel Jetta. No evidence of leaking around the seals. What would be the best lube to refill the case? I'm assuming that I would remove the drain plug and fill with fresh lube until it begins to run out of the drain hole, correct? Thanks for any input.

sotxbill · Mar 1, 2018

usually 90 wt gear oil,, if it leaks, then 00 grease, if it leaks then pump if full of chassis grease. Some of the newer one come with hydraulic oil.

Larry NCKS · Mar 2, 2018

80W-90 or 95W-140 gear grease will work best. If you're partial to synthetics - 75W-90

benthereford · Mar 2, 2018

shot a bunch of grease gun grease in it.(Bearing grease} that is what i have done for years and had no problems

marcusmerritt · Mar 2, 2018

So far have found only 80w-90 gear oil on the shelves (no straight 90w yet) but already have a couple quarts of 00 grease from Tractor Supply that I'd like to use up. Based on what I've read, I don't see a downside to using the 00. Many thanks for everyone's input.

Larry NCKS · Mar 3, 2018

You won't find straight 90, at least not very readily. That's a thing of the past. You'll soon learn (if you haven't already) that there are some here who make replies here that are not very helpful and are from the past as well.

Bern · Mar 3, 2018

Larry,

I think you're being a little harsh there....whenever someone says "90 weight", I never assume they mean straight 90 weight, rather I take it
that they mean 80W-90 or 75W-90, conventional or synthetic. In other words, some variant of today's readily available gear oil.

showcrop · Mar 3, 2018

(quoted from post at 07:33:14 03/03/18) Larry,

I think you're being a little harsh there....whenever someone says "90 weight", I never assume they mean straight 90 weight, rather I take it
that they mean 80W-90 or 75W-90, conventional or synthetic. In other words, some variant of today's readily available gear oil.

Ya think?

Larry NCKS · Mar 3, 2018

(quoted from post at 09:33:14 03/03/18) Larry,

I think you're being a little harsh there....whenever someone says "90 weight", I never assume they mean straight 90 weight, rather I take it
that they mean 80W-90 or 75W-90, conventional or synthetic. In other words, some variant of today's readily available gear oil.

I think you're wrong, Bern! Folks that are old hands at this stuff will know what 90 wt. currently means. Some less experienced, like the OP here, were (will be) obviously led on a wild goose chase by that nomenclature.

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