Screen Removal Bargman L-300 Door Handle brakes Satellite Fuel Tank Fire Extinguishers Roof Antenna Tech Talk Forum Shortcut Motor Oil Window Generators headlights batteries Radiator AC Unit Grab Handle Wiper Blades Wiper Blades Door Locks Door Locks Door Locks Door Locks Rims Front Shocks Rear Shocks Front Tires Oil Filter Steps Roof Vent Awning Propane Tank Mirror Info Clearance Lights Clearance Lights Clearance Lights Clearance Lights Clearance Lights Spartan Chassis Gillig Chassis Freightliner Chassis P-32 Chassis MCC Chassis
    Forums    Tech Talk    rockwell rear end
Go to...
Start A New Topic
Search
Notify
Tools
Reply To This Topic
  
rockwell rear end
 Login now/Join our community
 
Picture of Don Scalzo
posted
I noticed leakage around the rear end on my 93 Breakaway. When I finally opened the fill plug (12MM allen)air escaped? I don't understsnd how air pressure built up. It also calls for 6 qts. to fill. After putting in 6 qts. of 85-140 the level was not near the fill plug. I put in another qt., and still could not feel the oil. How do I check for full?
 
Posts: 196 | Location: Apollo Beach, Fl. USA | Member Since: 10-05-2003Reply With QuoteReport This Post
<John Briggs>
posted
Don, there should not be any air pressure in that rear end. They all have vent tubes on top of the casing that need to be cleaned manually every once and a while. It is not uncommon for the fill plug to be higher then required oil level. I would lower that level to what is recommended by the ownner's manual.
 
Reply With QuoteReport This Post
Supporting Member of Barthmobile.com 7/12
"5+ Years of Active Membership"
Picture of Creepy Cawler
posted Hide Post
Don: on the top of the rearend housing out close to the rear spring you will see a thing that looks like a small pipe screwed into the housing with a little top hat on it. If you turn cap you will see dirt fall out of it, the cap should be free and loose as this is the breather and lets out the pressure created inside when the grease is spun around going down the road. If this device gets cloged it usally makes the rear axle seals leak.
 
Posts: 140 | Location: Freedom Pa. U.S.A | Member Since: 04-10-2003Reply With QuoteReport This Post
  Powered by Social Strata  
 

    Forums    Tech Talk    rockwell rear end

This website is dedicated to the Barth Custom Coach, their owners and those who admire this American made, quality crafted, motor coach.
We are committed to the history, preservation and restoration of the Barth Custom Coach.