rusty6
Well-known Member
- Location
- East central Sask.
Just finished removing the gearbox from the 10x50 Farm King grain auger to replace what I thought was a badly leaking seal on the bottom.
Turns out the reason the seal leaks is that the shaft is flopping around in the housing due to what I can only guess is a worn out bearing.
If it was an original box (20+ years old) maybe I would not complain. But I replaced the original in either 2013 or 14. Tag on this gearbox
shows it was built in 2013 in China. Theres no way that should have worn out so soon. Either 2 or 3 harvests and I'm not a big farmer. The
original gear box broke a gear but the seals were still good right up til the gear broke. Maybe I can make one good one out of the two boxes.
Turns out the reason the seal leaks is that the shaft is flopping around in the housing due to what I can only guess is a worn out bearing.
If it was an original box (20+ years old) maybe I would not complain. But I replaced the original in either 2013 or 14. Tag on this gearbox
shows it was built in 2013 in China. Theres no way that should have worn out so soon. Either 2 or 3 harvests and I'm not a big farmer. The
original gear box broke a gear but the seals were still good right up til the gear broke. Maybe I can make one good one out of the two boxes.