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Originally Posted by taylorjm
I went through the rear end of mine using sam's instructions last year and I would replace the cork gasket if I was you since you will have it out of the tractor on the bench. Definitely buy a new one, don't try and make it. Then pull the axle housings and replace with new gaskets and drill the oil return holes like in the pictures. Drilling a vent in the top of the case will make refilling it a whole lot better too. If you take your time it's not hard. Scraping the old gasket material is the most tedious part. I know it was described on here about using a die grinder and a flexible sanding disk, but I would never do that again. Too easy to take too much off and it was a pain getting everything back to a nice even mating surface. Oh, and don't forget new oil seals on the axles. I replaced the axle bearings too since they were only $13 each.
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Thank you. Good advice, appreciated.
- Mine has a factory vent on the top. Never had a real problem, will make sure that is clear.
Guess I'll go ahead and source a few more parts, but might wait til it is apart.
Cleaned everything up last night. Balancing this work with about 8 other projects