LX4100 leaking front wheel seals

[Chopkins88-HT]

Both front wheel seals show signs of leaking. When i remove the fill plug for the front diff while the tractor is hot there is pressure built up inside the axle. Cannot find any vent on the axle thought maybe the vent is plugged.

 

[winston-HT]

I can't find any on line parts manual for your LX4100 so I have no clue whether it should be vented. If so, I would think it should be pretty easy to find.

 

[Chopkins88-HT]

Tractor only has 380hrs. Never been in mud. Im starting to think it doesnt have a vent

 

[HoyeTractor-HT]

I do not have a manual for that tractor either. I do know some tractors do not have actual vents on the 4wd axles. I know some Kubotas, for example, did not have vents- supposedly so positive pressure would help keep contaminants out. Kubota eventually offered vents for some of them later on when the axles started to leak. Sometimes the fill cap or dipstick cap is vented and hard to tell.

 

[Chopkins88-HT]

Yeah i looked at the fill cap/dip stick real well and didnt see any kinda vent. Im prolly gonna add one. looked all across the top of the axle tube and found nothing