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<blockquote data-quote="siduramaxde" data-source="post: 19164" data-attributes="member: 248"><p>OK, here's what I have all learned today. More than likely my drive motor is not trashed.....yet. As thetool has said there is a seal(s) to keep the "special" hub oil out of the motor. I had small metal flakes in the hub oil. I don't think that my seal between the motor and the carrier is damaged due to the fact that I always get the same amount of oil out of the hub that I put in. I believe tha metal flakes are from the previous owners lack of changing the hub oil and then I got it changed just in time. However, I believe that failure is not far off for me. Today, I changed the hub oil on the bad side multiple times to gat as much metal out as possible. After "flushing" the hub there were hardly any flakes to come out and I feel pretty confident. However, I have myself convinced that I will be better off with a wheeled machine so I feel it is time to trade. I called and got prices on just the hub bearing and the seal kit and the dealer wants almost $2000 just for these parts. A mew motor and sprocket runs about $4300. These are just part prices. I am done with T series machines. They become a money pit . If you wanted to put an entire U/C, drive motors, tracks, idlers, and roller, you would spend almost $20,000. I've already done the tracks and one idler, thats enough. I'm in the market for a S250 with 2 speed.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="siduramaxde, post: 19164, member: 248"] OK, here's what I have all learned today. More than likely my drive motor is not trashed.....yet. As thetool has said there is a seal(s) to keep the “special” hub oil out of the motor. I had small metal flakes in the hub oil. I don't think that my seal between the motor and the carrier is damaged due to the fact that I always get the same amount of oil out of the hub that I put in. I believe tha metal flakes are from the previous owners lack of changing the hub oil and then I got it changed just in time. However, I believe that failure is not far off for me. Today, I changed the hub oil on the bad side multiple times to gat as much metal out as possible. After “flushing” the hub there were hardly any flakes to come out and I feel pretty confident. However, I have myself convinced that I will be better off with a wheeled machine so I feel it is time to trade. I called and got prices on just the hub bearing and the seal kit and the dealer wants almost $2000 just for these parts. A mew motor and sprocket runs about $4300. These are just part prices. I am done with T series machines. They become a money pit . If you wanted to put an entire U/C, drive motors, tracks, idlers, and roller, you would spend almost $20,000. I've already done the tracks and one idler, thats enough. I'm in the market for a S250 with 2 speed. [/QUOTE]
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