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What is the easiest/cleanest way to refill 9" housing??
09/21/10 at 8:01am

Can somebody give me input on what is the quickest and cleanest method of filling up the third member with gear oil? I have the inner axle seals installed, so it does not need too much gear oil.

Every time I change gears, it's a messy and time consuming job to refill. I am thinking some kind of cannister to fill with oil and connect it to an air compressor??

Any input is appreciated.

Thanks,
Theo

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OLD SCHOOL#6 LMR God Offline CHEVY RUMBLE !! Posts: 2452	Re: What is the easiest/cleanest way to refill 9" housing?? Reply #1 - 09/21/10 at 8:07am Throughout my racing years I found that the easiest and cleanest way to do it was to have someone else do it .....................
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formercrewguy LMR God Offline The shrub brothers are punks Posts: 4293 Arizona	Re: What is the easiest/cleanest way to refill 9" housing?? Reply #2 - 09/21/10 at 8:26am Weld a 3/4" bung into the top of the cover, then run a hose up through the deck connected to a breather/cannister. Or........do what OS6 said. lol
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Andrew LMR God Offline 2006 SMS M.S. champion... more of a PB these days Posts: 1359 Camarillo	Re: What is the easiest/cleanest way to refill 9" housing?? Reply #3 - 09/21/10 at 1:56pm To continue Fcg's idea, with a canister bolted to the deck, you can turn a bottle of gear oil upside down in it and walk away. Just let gravity do the rest. Easiest way I've ever seen. It wasn't on my car, therefor I was jealous.
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Dutch Racing 70 LMR Rookie Offline If it ain't Dutch, it ain't much!! Posts: 73	Re: What is the easiest/cleanest way to refill 9" housing?? Reply #4 - 09/21/10 at 2:37pm Thanks guys! I think I'll just do that, sounds easy enough. Theo
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Re: What is the easiest/cleanest way to refill 9" housing??
Reply #5 - 09/21/10 at 2:54pm

After I but the third member and one axle in the housing I jack up the axle tube without the axle and pour the gear oil in the axle tube. Actually, I squirt it in a quart at a time using a one quart gear oil container. It takes a couple of minutes. Then I install the axle before I let the axle tube back down. It works great.

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Nick LMR Member Offline Dirt Late Models Rule! Posts: 135 Santa Cruz	Re: What is the easiest/cleanest way to refill 9" housing?? Reply #6 - 09/22/10 at 12:20am weld a plug in the top of the housing and u can put the bottle in it
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speeddoggie LMR Senior Offline I love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 314	Re: What is the easiest/cleanest way to refill 9" housing?? Reply #7 - 10/18/10 at 10:19pm Auto parts stores and probably hardware stores sell these small pumps for gear oil that thread right onto the top of the gallon. Works great for manual tranny's too. The picture is from Amazon if you cant find it.
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imracin68j LMR God Offline Do the impossible Posts: 6228	Re: What is the easiest/cleanest way to refill 9" housing?? Reply #8 - 10/19/10 at 11:37am http://www.speedwaymotors.com/AFCO-Rear-End-Filler,40381.html 1.5 hose x 4 = 2 + 1.5 inch fitting x 3 inches long fitting at Home depot = 2.00 Then fill it from the deck lid
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mudslinger47 LMR God Offline Well crap stuck with the dickweed for four more Posts: 8389	Re: What is the easiest/cleanest way to refill 9" housing?? Reply #9 - 10/19/10 at 9:27pm I have an old water style fire extinguisher, Its full of gear oil and pressurize it up a bit, clean fast and no mess. Duane unless of course you drop it and it sticks the squeeze handle open, but that hardly ever happens
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TIM_BEWLEY LMR God Offline road zombie Posts: 1629	Re: What is the easiest/cleanest way to refill 9" housing?? Reply #10 - 10/19/10 at 10:09pm mudslinger47 wrote on 10/19/10 at 9:27pm: I have an old water style fire extinguisher, Its full of gear oil and pressurize it up a bit, clean fast and no mess. Duane unless of course you drop it and it sticks the squeeze handle open, but that hardly ever happens hardly ever. LOL
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mudslinger47 LMR God Offline Well crap stuck with the dickweed for four more Posts: 8389	Re: What is the easiest/cleanest way to refill 9" housing?? Reply #11 - 10/30/10 at 10:44pm I covered Jim Justice and his mod pretty good last yr. LOL Were better at it now. LOL Duane
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smartguy LMR God Offline Popularity breeds contempt Posts: 2288 North Bay	Re: What is the easiest/cleanest way to refill 9" housing?? Reply #12 - 11/01/10 at 12:16am Dutch Racing 70 wrote on 09/21/10 at 8:01am: Can somebody give me input on what is the quickest and cleanest method of filling up the third member with gear oil? I have the inner axle seals installed, so it does not need too much gear oil. i would just have someone else do it lol
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lre7oh LMR Rookie Offline Dirt Late Models Rule! Posts: 18 globe, az	Re: What is the easiest/cleanest way to refill 9" housing?? Reply #13 - 11/08/10 at 4:53pm yup its the easiest and cleanest... pay your bestfreind five bucks to do it and let him stink for a week pluse it never fails someone always tasts it lol its worth the five bucks trust me youll never have to pay to laugh again LOL
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