Just a FYI for anyone with a ~2004+ Cub Cadet 2-3K series garden tractor. CC specs “Cub Cadet Drive System Fluid Plus” for transaxle oil. This dealer only oil runs ~$8/qt and really doesn't look like anything special. These transaxles hold 5-6qts. I did some research on it several years ago and found that this oil is/was made by Shell. This year I swapped out the 'cub oil' with Shell Rotella-T 15w-40 and my usual Carquest 85410 hydraulic filter. I've had it in there now for a couple weeks and all is perfectly well! It's so easy to change the oil and spin-on filter in these transaxles, and they hold so much, I don't reap the benefits of synthetic for my application. Here is the OEM oil specs that were faxed to me from the fine folks at Shell back in 2005:
RT 15w-40 isn't an exact match by any means, but my tractor hasn't complained. Here is the Shell data: http://www.shellusserver.com/products/pdf/RotellaT(CJ-4).pdf
Joel
RT 15w-40 isn't an exact match by any means, but my tractor hasn't complained. Here is the Shell data: http://www.shellusserver.com/products/pdf/RotellaT(CJ-4).pdf
Joel