PTO Wet Clutch Lube Question

NoDakInMN · Aug 25, 2019

What kind of lube should I be adding to the PTO clutch on a R? When I dropped the fluid to do some work, I got the unmistakable smell of gear oil from it. Manual says 10-W. I'm not planning on putting a load on the PTO, but time to time it will be engaged to operate the hydraulics. SO what should I be putting in there.

buickanddeere · Aug 26, 2019

Drain, full and flush a couple of times . Fill with any wet clutch rated oil that is also GL-4 rated .

KJohnson92 · Aug 27, 2019

If it's like the newer number series you
could have a bad seal between trans ans
PTO. That would let gear oil into the
pto. My 530 has this issue. Right now I
have hygard in both trans and PTO to
prevent the clutches from being damaged
but best to fix it, as I plan to do to
mine this fall.

NoDakInMN · Aug 27, 2019

When I drained it, the amount i got our was around 2 quarts, the amount that it is supposed to hold. I doubt there is leakage but I think that gear oil may have been put in it at some point and then drained and had 10-40 put in it. Later, I plan to go through the bearings and seals plus clutch plates as long as i have taken down that far, but i was just looking for a good recommendation for lube with the wet clutch.

buickanddeere · Aug 28, 2019

Not being lazy but for all we use them . If a PTO seal failed, I would just fill the transmission and pto clutch with that Shell Universal transmission hydraulic oil .

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