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Originally Posted by ol'George
I always wondered about the axle tubes being filled with hy guard on my 806.
I believe they hold maybe 4-5 gal each.
I'm thinking IH did that to keep oil to the outer outer axle bearings in the event the main housing reservoir went low.
I didn't drill the drain back holes in it or my cub cadet axle housing for that reason.
Just a thought as to possibly why the engineers chose to keep the housings full.
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They fill the tubes through the carrier bearings but when you drain the trans it will only drain to the level of the bearing so it traps about 2 qts. I have actually seen a couple that had enough water in them that they froze and cracked the axel tubes. You have 2 ways to get the water out. If the rear is still in the tractor and you only need to stick a set of axel seals in it then just grab a suction gun and suck the crud out through the axle tube when you pull the axles for a seal replacement, but if you have the whole rear out with the axle tubes off it's only a few minute job to drill the holes through the tranny case to allow everything to drain when you do an oil change.