Lubricant importance ...

[blueriver]

I posted in another thread about "How do they Do it?" ... Well the 4340 came in today with 600 + hrs and we serviced the entire unit.

It had the 50 hr service and regular scheduled service and then ... today we dropped the Hyd fluid and the filter ... OMG, talk about contaminated!!

Folks, the life blood system of these tractors (IMO) is the fluids ... the fluids are inexpensive compared to damage that can result from lack of maintaince ... I like to think We do a good job ... HOWEVER ... the drop plug, is also magnetic ... UNBELIEVABLE the amount of metal screening that was still apparent. This was the 4th Hyd service and the fluid was definatly ready to be changed ... Do yourself and your machine a favor and service it.

 

[rjkobbeman]

I posted in another thread about "How do they Do it?" ... Well the 4340 came in today with 600 + hrs and we serviced the entire unit.

It had the 50 hr service and regular scheduled service and then ... today we dropped the Hyd fluid and the filter ... OMG, talk about contaminated!!

Folks, the life blood system of these tractors (IMO) is the fluids ... the fluids are inexpensive compared to damage that can result from lack of maintaince ... I like to think We do a good job ... HOWEVER ... the drop plug, is also magnetic ... UNBELIEVABLE the amount of metal screening that was still apparent. This was the 4th Hyd service and the fluid was definatly ready to be changed ... Do yourself and your machine a favor and service it.

It is posts like this that make me want to not wait until 600 hours to do my second fluid change. I did my 50 hour service almost 30 hours ago and am glad I changed the fluid. After the first 50, the next ones are at 600 hour intervals. I will probably re-evaluate at my next filter change.