radara4077
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I have a new-to-me John Deere Model 9W mower. After doing extensive work on the blade, I've got that part running (and cutting) smoothly. I went and mowed a bit of pasture with it this evening. Everything seemed to be doing fine. It mowed well, until I broke the old (and probably half-rotten) pitman rod. When I got to the back of the mower to see if I could tie up the rod to drive back to the barn, I noticed oil was leaking out of a hole on the end of the top of the mower--at the end of the knuckle that sticks out to hold the upper frame when you lower the mower, on the "back side" of where the PTO shaft enters the mower.
It was quite a bit of oil. Enough that I could see a small trickle coming out (I had just turned off the PTO maybe 20 seconds before that).
Should there be a plug there? Is it some kind of overflow? I am guessing there are two gear boxes on the mower, an upper and a lower. I filled the lower box to the fill plug with gear oil before I started mowing (it appears to leak when the mower is tilted backwards, as well).
Any help anyone could offer would be most appreciated.
It was quite a bit of oil. Enough that I could see a small trickle coming out (I had just turned off the PTO maybe 20 seconds before that).
Should there be a plug there? Is it some kind of overflow? I am guessing there are two gear boxes on the mower, an upper and a lower. I filled the lower box to the fill plug with gear oil before I started mowing (it appears to leak when the mower is tilted backwards, as well).
Any help anyone could offer would be most appreciated.
