Frozen right drive side?

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First thing you need to determine is if there is water in the oil. Water in the oil will make the oil appear like cream, an off white or light brown. If the oil is dark then there is no water in the oil..........................There are only 2 plugs on the chain case. The drain plug at the very front of the chain case on the bottom side and the second is the fill\level plug on the side of the chain case behind the front wheel.....................There are two chains in the chain case. The gearbox shaft that goes into the chain case has a double sprocket. One drives the front wheel and the other drives the rear wheel...........................I do not like to see a loader blocked up on the wheels because the loader could roll. It happened to one time and one time was enough.........................I doubt you will get all the oil out by going through the fill\level plug but if that is the only way then give it a try...........................I am more concerned about the oil in the gearbox since you can not drain it I still think the problem is in the gearbox. The only way to tell for sure is to have the side cover off when the loader will not move and have someone watch if the double sprocket coming out of the gearbox into the chain case attempts to turn. There is enough slack in the chains for the sprocket to attempt to turn. If the sprocket does not turn at all then the problem is in the gear box. You could also jack the loader up on that side and see if you can rock the wheels. There should be some back and forth movement in wheel when you rock it.

OK thanks heading there now to go see what I can find I will open the fill hole and see what color oil is and what it looks like, I know what water in oil looks like, so I am OK there with that stuff. IF I was to back the machine up on a block, I would chuck the wheels on both side, I am the better safe than sorry type! than taking risks, and wasn't planning to go too high on the rear if I did, just enough to maybe get oil to drain more towards the front of machine! so, if drain plug doesn't come out, maybe could suck out with the hand pump?? Since water is heavier than oil, I would think if I got a line into the bottom and sucked, I would get most water out, or hoping so, if again drain plug doesn't come out easy! I am hoping its NOT water in the gear box BUT if so, my question would be, if I replace all new oil in system, doesn't it flow thru gear box, and maybe possibly mix it up so, a second or third drain would maybe get it out?? or back to water being heavier and it would just sit on the bottom of the gear box?

 

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OK thanks heading there now to go see what I can find I will open the fill hole and see what color oil is and what it looks like, I know what water in oil looks like, so I am OK there with that stuff. IF I was to back the machine up on a block, I would chuck the wheels on both side, I am the better safe than sorry type! than taking risks, and wasn't planning to go too high on the rear if I did, just enough to maybe get oil to drain more towards the front of machine! so, if drain plug doesn't come out, maybe could suck out with the hand pump?? Since water is heavier than oil, I would think if I got a line into the bottom and sucked, I would get most water out, or hoping so, if again drain plug doesn't come out easy! I am hoping its NOT water in the gear box BUT if so, my question would be, if I replace all new oil in system, doesn't it flow thru gear box, and maybe possibly mix it up so, a second or third drain would maybe get it out?? or back to water being heavier and it would just sit on the bottom of the gear box?

OK follow up questions, more confused than not here OK< so, just to give skid a slight mean from rear to front I backed rear wheels up on a 3 inch cement paver chucked wheels and lowered bucket so NO way it was going forward or back! I then removed the fill plug ZIP nothing came out, end of plug was bone dry?? OK so either very low on fluid or?? 36 degree's and super windy, but nothing was frozen up moved and worked fine? any how, I then removed the side cover, and BOY was that sucker on there, had to use a hammer and some small pry bar's to even get it a little, then worked my way round and POP she came off! Ok, now, working on gravel and on the open side of the 3 sided building for light(no power here) oil in case looked dark black, but NO signs of water in it, so, don't think thats my issue? BUT figured while I have cover off, might as well replace with NEW fluid BUT here is the question WHAT fluid do I refill it back with didn't smell to me like gear oil, but seems rather THICK< or thicker than I would expect 10/30 to be SO called the local NH dealer thinking maybe they could tell me off my serial number> NOPE< NO help there at all just its either gear oil, or 10/30 BUT did tell me the 10/30 one would hold, 3.8 quarts> so, OK< if I get almost a gfallon, I guess its 10/30 and if NOT, gear oil?? try and find that drain plug on bottom?? WELL< as far as I can tell there is NONE, zip, not a spot I could find see or feel, ran a video of whole side on my camera and not a thing that looked like even where a plug MIGHT have been or any dirt filling any hole hiding it, so?? NO plug I guess?? HUMM< dug out a hand pump, and sucked out about a gallon and half of fluid ' SO< does this mean I DON"T use 10/30 or, just that the way I sucked it out, I got maybe more than a normal drain from a plug hole??? as I was told if it used gear oil it would hold about 8 quarts> and NO way I got that much, then again it wasn't coming out fill hole, so maybe it was that low 2+ quarts??) so, NOT sure what to put back in it now I cleaned the old gasket seal off with a wire wheel, on both skid and plate for now I just put plate back on and backed machine in under the roof better till I decide what to do on that?/ NEXT, if this helps or not BY each foot well , there is what looks like a hydraulic line with a metal cap on it, one on each side DOES this mean I have separate gear boxes and could that be where the water is in?? if so, can I unscrew the cap off these things and try sucking fluid out of them?? or do they even open up like a drain plug would to fill or?? I have NOT done anything with these as of now, NOT sure what they are so? Mike if your willing to help me more, can I give you my email and maybe send you some pictures of things and help me this way?? My email is [email protected] I took some pic's today of things, as maybe this would help me explain better and you to help me better?? Thanks much appreciate the help