- Jun 5, 2016
- 5,592
- Boat Info
- 410 Sundancer
2001
12" Axiom and 9" Axiom+ MFD
- Engines
- Cat 3126 V-Drives
I sampled the ATF out of both my 2001 HSW800-IV transmissions twice now since I’ve owned them. Once at the sea trial with about 20 hours on the fluid as reported by the PO, and last week, same fluid at about 120 hours on it.
The initial samples were normal across the board, however the second samples came back with a report of
Starboard - Particle Count Elevated - Suspected Bearing/bushing wear - oil change indicated - resample at 250 hours to monitor.
Port - Particle Count Elevated - oil change indicated - resample in 250 hours to monitor
What (if anything) do I take away from this ? Anybody have more long term experience reading the CAT SOS results?
My first thought is nothing (other than continue good maintenance and fluid sampling) This is what I should expect from these transmission after 120 hours of service last season, and having had some slippage issues (specifically on the starboard unit) that I believe were electrical in nature (I rebuilt the electrical side of the control blocks including all new switches in the shift levers, all new connectors all the way back and installing the correct shift solenoids).
I’ll post the reports once I get back to a proper computer.
The initial samples were normal across the board, however the second samples came back with a report of
Starboard - Particle Count Elevated - Suspected Bearing/bushing wear - oil change indicated - resample at 250 hours to monitor.
Port - Particle Count Elevated - oil change indicated - resample in 250 hours to monitor
What (if anything) do I take away from this ? Anybody have more long term experience reading the CAT SOS results?
My first thought is nothing (other than continue good maintenance and fluid sampling) This is what I should expect from these transmission after 120 hours of service last season, and having had some slippage issues (specifically on the starboard unit) that I believe were electrical in nature (I rebuilt the electrical side of the control blocks including all new switches in the shift levers, all new connectors all the way back and installing the correct shift solenoids).
I’ll post the reports once I get back to a proper computer.
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