crawler nut
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Like the title says. Just finished my rig. An need to fill the diffs. What do you guys recommend? Thanks
Thats cool, but what did you out in it before it turned to chocolate milk?halcat said:Mine looks like chocolate milk
YOUNG said:We always ran either standard hydraulic oil, automatic transmission fluid or even 5w 30 motor oil. With the rocks alreadt robbing so much power a thinner oil will allow you to spin the thirds easier.
NTIDWELL said:I run 85/140w really doubt ur gonna notice the heavier oil drag down ur engine
So ur saying if I run lighter oil I'll be faster or will I just save mpgsTBItoy said:The heavier oil will protect against shock loading/heavy loading better than the lighter oil, but when you are spinning 2x the amount of gears and bearings (not to mention the size of the bearings) you are generating some significant parasitic loss.
Rock crawlers have a TON of parasitic loss to begin with, anything you can do to help is a plus IMO.
NTIDWELL said:So ur saying if I run lighter oil I'll be faster or will I just save mpgsI could see running a lighter oil in the winter doubt if I ever will seen a deal on pirate bout all that and shaven gears and so on if ur gonna run rocks just throw more motor at it then u might be able to notice the difference instead of what oil u run in them giving u more power
patooyee said:To be honest the rockwell is so tough you could probably fill it with concrete and be alright. You wouldn't get very good mileage though.![]()
This exactly! My first set ran 50-50 gear oil and creek water.patooyee said:You just bitch-slapped the English language but I agree with you ... I think.
I run either 80w90 or 85w140, whatever I have laying around. To be honest the rockwell is so tough you could probably fill it with concrete and be alright. You wouldn't get very good mileage though.![]()
yankster said:This exactly! My first set ran 50-50 gear oil and creek water.
thats what ends up happening to mine i dont even check the oil in them anymore :****:B3 said:jus run them empty.... then they wont leak :****:
B3 said:jus run them empty.... then they wont leak :****:
not after there empty . hell i got a picture of a rockwell with a drip pan under it :****:tuckin20 said:Rockwells don't leak!!! :****: