Archive through February 20, 2012

[hydroharry]

Don T - I still say the more "critical" alignment issue is with the pulley on the S/G and the basket pulley. I'm glad you discovered you have more room when you remove the washer, but you still need to align the 2 pulleys so the belt travel is aligned.

Hydro Harry
Old Cubs Never Die

 

[dtanner]

Harry Bursell

I have to paint the starter-generator Yellow and then check the fit. I run my belt with some slack. To tight and it makes short work on the bearings in the back of the SG. BTDT With good alignment, I found the belt does not need to be very tight.


Charlie

A few more years and well you will not know your senile either lol.

 

[rwalker]

Hydro Harry,
After reading your post I had to go out and test the ignition switch I had on the shelf and I am happy to tell you that one works fine also. I had not thought of testing that and I am glad you did. I now know I have a good switch sitting there in case I need it later.

Thanks for the idea. Rich W.

 

[thoffman]

Paul/Harry/and other gear heads.
Don't you guys have the little float lock button on the implemet handle, or am I in CC land with them??

On a 800

On a 72

 

[dtanner]

Tom Hoffman

My 129 had the lock out button . I removed the whole assembly when I installed the loader on the 129. I still have the lift arm in my shed.I think any manual lift tractor must have the lift lock.

 

[dtanner]

Just checked my 147 and my 125 and they both have a float lock out button as Tom posted . There ,I`am done for today .

 

[jbaker]

I have three manual lifts two on WF GD and one on WF Hydro all have that button.

 

[kmcconaughey]

Hydro, clean your glasses and count the fins again. There's 13 of them.

 

[hydroharry]

Tom H and others - ya lost me. Yes all the QL gear drives should have a float lock button. Engaging the button keeps the lift arms in a "float" position. The button is not a float "lockout". It's a float "lock" button. Tom - I understood your question to be why was the float lockout pin an option on the Gear Drives. On a gear drive tractor the lock out "pin" (not the button) only works with an electric lift. As I mentioned before, the pin is installed on the right hand lift arm assembly clevis, and you don't have a clevis unless you have an electric lift. If you have an electric lift then the manual lift arm (strongarm handle) must be removed from the tractor.

Don T - I believe you are still missing my point. I'm not referring to the belt tension. You have a pulley on the S/G that must be "aligned" with the basket pulley. The S/G pulley is in a fixed position on a fixed mount. There is no way to adjust the alignment of the S/G pulley. The only pulley you can adjust and align is the basket pulley mounted on the crankshaft. The basket pulley needs to align with the S/G pulley. I don't care what the manual says about where it should be located. Since you cannot move the S/G pulley the basket pulley has to be moved to a location on the crankshaft where it is "aligned" with the S/G pulley. Here is a case where a pic is worth 10,000 words. In other words, if you install your S/G on the mount, and the pulley on the S/G is not aligned with the basket pulley, when you go to start the engine the S/G belt is going to come off the basket pulley. Maybe that description helps.

Kraig - can you post a pic of the S/G pulley aligned to the basket pulley - maybe that will help Don.

 

[hydroharry]

Kraig - I cleaned my glasses - there are 12 and 1/2 fins. If you look at that quarter size spot near the bottom of the cylinder in your pic, there are 13 fins on the left side and only 12 on the right side. So how many fins does your K301 really have?

Hydro Harry
Old Cubs Never Die (but they can't swim no matter how many fins they have)