sdavies2000
Well-Known Member
I purchased a 2009 hitachi zaxis 200lc 3 excavator fairly recently to build some trails on my property. I was crawling around under the machine yesterday and noticed a small leak in behind the sprocket and on the chain. Decided I better check the oil level in the drives and found out there was ZERO oil in the drive (took drain plug out after I couldn't find the level). At this point there is no noise coming from it and I'm lucky I haven't done much traveling but I have no idea how long it's been empty and how long previous owner used it like that. Question is, how difficult is it to change the floating face seal and can it be done without pulling the drive? I keep reading that you shouldn't just keep topping it off as dirt will get in and wreck the drive which makes sense. I don't plan on owning this machine for long but this can't be ignored.