PTO winch oil

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y60 safari driver
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PTO winch oil

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can anyone tell me for sure which oil goes in a pto winch (one off a safari) i've had a couple of people tell me one type and another couple tell me another.
they have a bronze gear so needs to be the right type

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monstr
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I use Elf SP680 ,its an industrial gear oil designed for worm drives and bronze gears ..
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http://www.adl.co.nz/Parts/40293/

its not cheap and you need a sludge gun to get the shit in its almost as thick as grease :x
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kbushnz
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Its cheaper to buy direct from Elf in Manukau... Cash sale...
And its a 5L container and you only use about 1 1/2 cup fulls. :lol:
But I see you are in Nelson.... So there goes that idea...
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i'm sure someone will sell it around here, cheers.
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Re: PTO winch oil

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A gear oil that doesn't have EP in it, we've used all sorts and EP limits the winch life to about zero.
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ah ok cheers

just found this on trademe, this guy is keen, works out at $50 bucks a litre if you use buy now :shock:

http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/car-par ... 635206.htm
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y60 safari driver wrote:ah ok cheers

just found this on trademe, this guy is keen, works out at $50 bucks a litre if you use buy now :shock:

http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/car-par ... 635206.htm


Hahhah what a rip.... But then again my $45 dollar 5L bottle is now worth over $200 .... whaaaa hoooo.
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