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Slow slew once worked hard for a few hours

Orlando

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Hi everyone, wondering if anyone can help ? yesterday after shifting tons of heavy clay and dirt say around 3 or 4 hours when grabbing a full bucket of dirt and slewing at the same time the slew became very slow and weak almost grinding like.
Once the machine had cooled down for a while it would be smooth and go back to normal but once it started to get hot again would do the same thing.
Has anyone got any advice on what this could be ?

Thanks.
 

uffex

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Good day Orlando
Grinding does not sound so good suggest you drain the transmission see if there is any evidence of impending failure.
Kind regards
Uffex
 

Orlando

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Good day Orlando
Grinding does not sound so good suggest you drain the transmission see if there is any evidence of impending failure.
Kind regards
Uffex
Thank you uffex, its not so much grinding as more slow, stop the go a bit. When the machine is cold for first 2 or 3 hours it slews as smooth as, only when it seems to get hotter and under load.
 

uffex

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Good day Orlando
First we suggest you test the slew according to normal practice please see attached.
 

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Orlando

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Uffex, thank you very much for all your information. I will check all this out tomorrow.
 
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