125 hydro rear axle leak
 

I have hydro fluid leaking out the end of the right rear axle, dripping down onto the wheel. This has developed recently.

Any suggestions on needed repairs?

Thanks,

Jim K.

you need to change your axle seal.

You need to drain the rear of hytran, remove the snap ring from the affected axle at the pinion, slide out the axle, replace the seal, and reverse the order...refill with hytran. Its not a difficult job.

Here is the service manual for reference.

Jeff (teet)

I just got through with the axel on my 106 and it was fairly easy. Just becareful putting in the new seal.

I just did it last week, it's a pretty easy job. I have pics and such in the 1650 project thread at page 19, if you want to see mine.

Dave fyi posting page numbers might not work if someone has changed the default style. I view all threads with 40 post per page were the default is 10 post per page. A post range (19 - 23) or the actual post number if the info is just one post and not several post. :beerchug:

ah yeah, good point.

Thanks for the help.

Any suggestions on where to buy the axle seal?

Jim K.

You can order from one of the sponsors or some people have crossed them with NAPA seals.

Napa # is 9878

Got my new seals from O'Reilly Auto Parts, National brand seals, part number 471224. They costs $4.00 each, any auto parts store ought to be able to cross reference this number, or the number for the Napa brand given above.

Dave thanks for posting the informative description.

Thanks for the part numbers.

You guys make this too easy. Amazing that I can find the exact information needed so quickly to repair a 1968 garden tractor. How the heck did we function before the Internet?

Jim K.

We were like monkeys in a cage, tossing feces at each other!

:biggrin2:

lol

And I'd go ahead and do both of them while you're at it Jim. It's cheap and easy, and they'll both be good for a few more decades.