Transmission oil is leaking from the filter

[Esand323]

Hi all,

I have a cub cadet 1450 and it's leaking transmission oil. From what I can tell, it appears to be coming from the filter. This is the filter I have https://www.cubcadet.com/en_US/filte.../923-3014.html. I can't figure out how to get this leak to stop. I applied some oil to the gasket as the instructions said. Then I hand tightened it. There was still some leaking. I then used an oil filter wrench (I think this was a mistake) to tighten it some more. But that definitely did not help.

I'm going to order another filter and try again, but I really don't know too much about what I am doing. Any tips or anything I should be looking for? I was sort of wondering if it could be leaking from somewhere else but then just running down to the filter. Therefore, it could be making it look like the filter is leaking. I've read other people have had the cork seal go bad and need replacing.

Thanks!

[West Valley G]

You will want to positively figure out where it is leaking from. As you said
it might not be the filter at all. Clean it up as well as you can and try to watch
it as it runs. Did it start leaking after you changed the filter? Or could it
have been leaking before that and you just noticed. If it has been leaking
for a while there is more than likely pretty gooey evidence. Good luck,
let us know what you find.

Ken

[1711Cub]

My 1711 appeared to be leaking from the filter. It ended up being a bad input shaft seal.

[IHCubCadet147]

Is the gasket from the old filter still on there? Sometimes they stick.