What do you guys think of placing a strong magnet on the inside of a planetary? To catch metal particles. Behind the cover. Or perhaps getting one of them very large magnets and just sticking it on the outside of the planetary cover?
It's really not that hard to remove the cover. Zip the bolts off, hit the cover with a mallet, and it's off. I tried little magnets (1/2")on the plug ends, but they didn't grab real strong. And considering the amount of metal flakes I had in the oil, I wanted a bigger magnet.Do you really want to take that cover off to clean the magnet? You can pull the plug and check it and clean it every hour if you feel like it.
YIKES!!!!!I bought some fishing magnets off Amazon. And these are the smaller versions. I can't get it off without some serious prying. Should I leave them in there? View attachment 225175 View attachment 225176 View attachment 225177
that's a great jobI ran the machine for an hour, and decided to remove the cover just to make sure the magnet didn't move. I didn't really do a thorough cleaning of the planetaries, so there was still flakes inside. The magnet actually works good. And it didn't move. And no visible flakes in the oil. View attachment 225461 View attachment 225462
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