On a JohnnDeere 314 garden tractor there is a tube that goes off the fill tube on the rear differential to the sight glass to a Filter back into the top of the differential.
The parts drawings that I have seen and the local John Deere dealer all say that there is filter in that line.
However I wonder why they have a filter in this line and not a breather. There does not seem to be a breather for the rear differential.
So is it a filter or a form of a breather.
The reason I ask is that i do not have that filter in there right now and it is difficult to get fluid in the rear differential unless I pull the sight glass tube off the top of the rear differential. If tube is off I can fill with no problem. If tube is in place then oil comes back up the filler tube and spills out.
So is it a filter or breather?
I do have one on order
The parts drawings that I have seen and the local John Deere dealer all say that there is filter in that line.
However I wonder why they have a filter in this line and not a breather. There does not seem to be a breather for the rear differential.
So is it a filter or a form of a breather.
The reason I ask is that i do not have that filter in there right now and it is difficult to get fluid in the rear differential unless I pull the sight glass tube off the top of the rear differential. If tube is off I can fill with no problem. If tube is in place then oil comes back up the filler tube and spills out.
So is it a filter or breather?
I do have one on order