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FV432 front hubs


robin craig

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Just doing some first parade maintenance work on the 436 which is just a 432 with different equipment fit so hence title to catch a wider audience.

 

When i checked the front hubs they both have oil full to the edge of the plug hole, which according to the manual is higher than required at the bend in the elbow. Is this an issue, should they be drained down a bit?

 

my sense is its ok to go.

 

R

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Robin, our 439 must have been filled with the nose in the air. When I checked it on level ground they were filled to well over the plugholes! (The plugs were sealed with some jointing compound, whitish stuff, as well as the copper washer.)

I had to use 6' of scaffold pole on the allen key to undo them.

 

So there doesn't seem to be any danger of 'over-pressuring' due to overfilling.

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