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Originally Posted by darkminion_17
Mine broke pulling a Battleship into dry-dock,made it halfway though...
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Originally Posted by olds45512
Most of the ones I've seen that failed were caused by lack of lubrication, they start leaking and people are to lazy to fix them.
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I agree.
*BUT*
Yes, the creeper was only meant to slow the machine. It was not meant to be a "torque multiplier". Can you tear one up if you overload it? Yes, yes you can. If you can get the wheels to hold traction. The little bitty planet gears can't hack it under full load with no slip... and sometimes neither can the roll pins. One time a while back on here I figured up how much torque was sent to the rear wheels while in first gear, creeper engaged. It was like somewhere around 1600 ftlbs. It was silly. No way you could get all that to the ground....
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Originally Posted by Tom4981
Would you recommend doing a rebuild on a used one?
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I know this was directed to Tim, but I would also recommend at least taking it apart, new seals, gaskets and check out the bearing and gears. Disassemble, clean and make a decision.