I just brought home a D8N 9TC and have a set of service, parts, and operator manuals on order. I was wondering if anyone had a list of recommended fluids for transmission, hydraulics, final drives, and pivot shaft as the manuals are a week or so away. I tried google and seemed to strike out. I'm coming from a D6C direct drive so this is all new to me and quite a change. Anything else a guy should know about these units? Thanks.
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Here's an extract from the manual. With no experience of what works in your location I'm not keen on recommending what viscosity to actually use.
Thanks Nige. I've been running a TDTO-TMS (multi viscosity) oil in the transmission and axles of a 928G and undercarriage of a Challenger for a few years and am switching my D6C transmission over to it also. Just wanted to make sure I didn't need something exotic for the D8N. Thanks.
The problem is that the recommendations contained in the D8N O&M Manual appear to be somewhat outdated. The screen dump I posted above is probably about 30 years old and as far as I can see hasn't been updated from what was flavour of the month at that time, sooooo..........today Engine oil would be an API CH-4, CI-4, or CJ-4. Transmission TO-4, pivot shaft & recoil spring compartment ditto. I have no experience of multigrade TO-4, only monograde, so can't comment. Hydraulics SAE 10W HYDO or TO-4. As I said above you really need to figure out the viscosities for each different compartment based on your ambient conditions.
Thanks Nige. Ended up going with the multi weight TDTO in the transmission, pivot shaft, and recoil spring. The hydraulics I used a 10 W HYDO.