TUM-35 Lathe Gearbox Lube?

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earl29 Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 5	TUM-35 Lathe Gearbox Lube? 06/08/2009 6:02 PM
	Our Polish lathe manual is rather vague on the lube required for the gearbox. It lists equivalents to two oils without saying where they are used. It lists Machine oil 26 as Hyspin 80, Essitic 50, Mobil's Vac HLP 36, Mobil's D.T.E. 26, and Schell Oil 72. It also lists equivalents to Machine oil 40 as, Hyspin 140, Esstic 55, D.T.E. Heavy Med., and Vitrea 33. I'm not familiar with any of these lubes. Any help on what lubes/ gear oils you use in similar equipment would be helpful. Our building flooded recently and we're trying to sort this lathe out. Thanks, Earl
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Nigh Guru Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: South east U.K. Posts: 3695 Good Answers: 93	#1 Re: TUM-35 Lathe Gearbox Lube? 06/10/2009 4:28 AM
	Our Colchester Master 2500 is a similar size machine, that uses Shell Tellus 27 or Castrol Hi-Spin 32 in the headstock/gearbox & Shell Tonna 33 for the apron and bed. __________________ I didn't have a really important life, but at least it's been funny (Lemmy Kilminster 1945-2015)
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The Mechanic Power-User Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Mid-West USA Posts: 498 Good Answers: 28	#2 Re: TUM-35 Lathe Gearbox Lube? 06/10/2009 7:34 AM
	Is this new or used? The vendor or previous owner should be able to help. If not, check with your local oil / lubricant supplier and they can cross over the oils. The manner the oils are called out sounds to me as if they are referring to ISO numbers. I use Mobil DTE 24 in the head stock of our Colchester lathes as was recommended by the vendor that sold them to us. Out of curiosity I opened the manual to see what other oils were compatible and noticed that the oils called out in the text of the manual do not match the lube chart. Things that make you go Hmm. I also found this site that may help. http://www.seversonoil.com/lub_hydraulic.html
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earl29 Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 5	#3 In reply to #2 Re: TUM-35 Lathe Gearbox Lube? 06/10/2009 9:53 AM
	This Polamco lathe was bought at auction 22 years ago. Thanks for the severson chart. The manual also says to clean the filter every 60 days. I don't think they've changed lube in 10 years! We're talking to our oil supplier for a refernce. Thanks again.
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THEOILGUY55 Power-User Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Cleveland, Ohio Posts: 100 Good Answers: 2	#4 Re: TUM-35 Lathe Gearbox Lube? 06/10/2009 10:50 PM
	The lubricants you are referring to are hydraulic fluids. Both of these fluids can be replaced by Schaeffer's #11268. Call 216-401-1845 for manufacturer's rep. __________________ THEOILGUY55
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