Archive through December 09, 2013

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Denny
Looking at the teaser spring in this drive shaft and think it is not as heavy (thick) as the one I had that I can`t find now

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But I did find a clutch lever that has only a small bit of wear and will use that till Charlie can supply them again.

 

[sblunier]

Don,

Watch for clearance issues, new TO lever has less "notch" on left side.

 

[ljones]

Harry B, I'm still reading every day but mostly been spending all my time on my shop that's now finished! My T/O bearing does squeak while clutching. My 122 is early production and the collar thing that connects the drive shaft to the trans input was the thin one and was wollowed out. I replaced it also.


We had a inch of sleet on Friday with a quarter inch of freezing rain Saturday night. The driveway was a solid sheet of ice that I couldn't break up so after some thinking I went and got the disk and ran over it until it turned into a snow like texture then pushed it off with the blade.

 

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Steve B

This was my first Clutch type drive shaft and I have it ready to put back in. I did have trued clutch plates here and used them . I will soon find out "IF" I got everything back in the correct order.my zip cut wheel will make any changes I might need . I hope lol.

 

[lpalma]

Don,

That rusty part behind the teaser spring does not belong there.cub cadet still sells the lever.$48.00

 

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Lews

That was there when I took it apart ? Is it part of a throw out bearing that the PO put back on ?

 

[kharvey]

Amy the deflector on my BB36 is 6 inches wide by 4 inches deep plus a 1 inch bend.

 

[kmcconaughey]

I was close...

 

[sblunier]

That rusty part does belong there on the later gear drives....82 series for sure, maybe as early as 128. It keeps the teaser spring from going "coil to coil" and breaking....an IH improvement for the obvious problem of compressed teaser springs.

I tried to add one to my 100, but it didn't allow for enough pedal adjustment, so I had to take it back out. The later series had a modified TO bearing with the teaser spacer and a greaseable slide collar. 582 clutch repair manual shows all of the parts.....some nice improvements over the original design......

 

[drglinski]

Here's a question: I have a front mounted blade on a 147 manual lift with a spring assist. Someone recommended me either 1) propping up the blade or 2) removing the lift rod when not in use to keep from stretching the spring out.

Is there any truth to this, or is it paranoia? Granted the spring is going to be stretched some even in the "up" position of the lever as I have tension with the bolt on the back. (BTW this is an IH spring assist we are talking about.)

As much tension as these springs can lift I never really thought about them "going bad."

Thanks

 

[nbextermueller]

Wouldn't propping it up be the same as just leaving it in the highest raised position? Even if you removed the lift rod and set the blade on the ground, the spring would still be under whatever tension it has in the highest position.

If you want to remove the tension, just loosen the nut on the back of the spring.

 

[drglinski]

Right; I normally just remove the rod from the lever and that returns the lever to the highest position, but there is still tension on the spring. I don't think it's worth fussing over.

 

[thoffman]

Danny "G",
IMHO it's alwas a good thing to set in the highest setting up or prop the snow plow/thrower up. The melting snow will cause rust to the cutting edges. You have to remember that the cutting edge is not stipped of any maint/oil/coating after being used on pavemnt of stone. It'll rust up just watching it.

 

[jharvey]

And leave a nice mark on your garage floor!

 

[thoffman]

With all the "Can't get it hooked up" posts I've gotta' say that this ol' man had the deck off and the thrower on the 108 and the plow on the 122 in about a hour without

. Tomorrow, switch the wheels/tires (ATV type) from the 1600 to the 108.
I have a feeling that the 108 is going to be repowered into a 128 after the snow season.

 

[jclazar]

Tom H, I cheat just a little, though! I always keep the IH 42" push blade on year 'round,...set up for winter work. I will then resort to another IH Cub Cadet with something different that I may needs! Some of the attachments and implements can be challenging for the new guys!

Don T, That's not the worse release lever I ever seen. Looks like you have a better one to boot!

Steve B, Thanks, I was a little confused on the modification purposes, as I really could not figure that out judging by those gigantic fields, and other impressive amounts of work I read and see about on the boards, and in Cadet Connection. I hope to one day soon, attend such a event.

Dan G, I actually had a blade stick frozen to the ground that was tuff to un-do. I don't know if having the spring assist spring in the max stretch position, meaning blade down, would really hurt the spring or not. During the summer, I adjust out the rear tension bolt as blade use is not so much prevalent during those times of the year.

 

[akleyla]

Ty Kraig an Kendal for the help. I am going to get one made today then get my lil blower out to remove the dusting we got last night. I hate when theres not enough snow to use my cub

 

[tkhoffman]

Clarence Modification on your Cub Snow Blowers:
Just a mention of something I have done to about 5 different Walk Blowers and they all benefitted from it. For all you guys with Snow Throwers/Blowers I You basically put some Baler Belt on your impellar blades to close the gap between Blade and Tunnel and the shoot never clogs and you gain about 20% throwing capability.
They sell a kit but it's basic Belting that is screwed into the Impellar Blades. A bit spastic to get a Drill in there but absolutely an improvement on Throw distance.

 

[kmcconaughey]

Tony, if you coat the discharge chute and the throat area leading to the discharge chute with Slip-Plate or some other brand of graphite paint it will not easily clog and if it does clog, simply raise and quickly lower the snowthrower housing and it'll knock the clog loose.

 

[hydroharry]

Lucas - glad to hear you're still checking in, and even doing it daily. Breaking the ice with your disk sounds pretty interesting. I probably would'a just gone back into hybernation and waited for the temp to rise.

One other thing on the clutch for both you and Don T, you should put some grease on the driveshaft where the thro-out bearing rides. I don't think Dennis mentioned that (wonder where Dennis is?).