Archive through January 08, 2016

[akleyla]

Never seen all 3 break at once Charlie. I've seen 2 broken but never 3. Did he get something stuck in the rotor ?

 

[rrschmitt]

Charlie,

Those breaks are so clean and straight, it almost looks like they were sheared in a shear cutter press or the spring had scribe marks put there with a sharp instrument and a straight edge that rapidly precipitated the failure under use.

 

[hydroharry]

Charlie - you've got a real stumper there. If there had been interference with the PTO arm I would have expected to see the "ears" twisted and out of place at least a little. Could this happen if the spring is put in upside down?

 

[digger]

Hot Damn Harry!
I think your right.
The flat wear marks, plus the fact that there are NO grab marks that the spring ALWAYS leaves, make you exactly right!
The old spots where the 2 grab holes should be are full of grease and gunk!!!!
Which means the guy that put the kit in, put back the way he took it out, LOL

THANKS MAN!

 

[hydroharry]

Charlie - yes, looking at the pics more I do think that is right - the spring was installed upside down. I think what you're calling "flat wear marks" are those brite shinny metal spots. Those wouldn't be there is the spring was installed correct side up.

What surprises me is you mention the nuts on the screws appear to be about correct. I would have thought they would have to be tightened way down in order for the 3 ears to be tight when the spring is upside down.

 

[kshultz]

Hydro...What surprises me is that Charlie said you're "exactly right"!

 

[digger]

I took it apart, and wish I hadn't, LOL
I can't for the life of me figure out WHY the blue grease!

Smooth as a babies butt!

.002 to .004 deep grooves,

Cleaned up and ready to go,

 

[hydroharry]

Shultzie - I agree. Quite unusual don't you think?

Charlie - I suppose you hear it a lot, but it sure looks like you do nice work. Hey, and as far as the blue grease, my guess would be someone told this guy to grease up the screws - which was likely meant to be the "set screws" and he just greased all the screws, not just the set screws, and really over did a couple.

 

[digger]

Setscrew holes were dry.
The gob of grease was in that one spot.

Thanks again for the suggestion!
After reading that and looking at the PTO again, it was so simple to see, LOL

 

[hydroharry]

Ok Charlie - the blue grease really has me stumped. This is a real long shot guess - the spring on that screw (where the grease was located) was rusty and this guy thought putting grease on it would help keep it from squeaking/rattling??? Suspect you'll never know.

 

[nbextermueller]

He was likely trying to grease the PTO bearing and a gob flew off when it was spinning. Although, I believe the PTO bearing is sealed. But this guy clearly has no clue what he's doing...

 

[digger]

Everything on the PTO was dry except that glob and the disc itself, and the contact surfaces of the casting and pressure plate.

 

[mfrade]

Like Nic, I think he slobbered grease onto the crank to "ease the bearing" into place. RPM's slung it out onto the clutch plate.

 

[lhinds]

That glob of blue grease looks like what used to come with disc brake pads. You put some on the back of the pad to keep it from squealing when the brake was applied and keep it from chattering when the brake wasn't applied. Thanks for everything Charlie.

 

[hydroharry]

Luther - good suggestion there on what that blue gob of grease might be.

 

[nbextermueller]

Thing is, like you said...brake pad grease goes ON THE BACK of the pad. Not the braking surface. So if he intended to "quiet" his PTO by greasing the actual friction surfaces, he's just plain stupid.

 

[danderson]

A couple of pages ago I showed some wheels on my thrower. A buddy mentioned that snow might stick to the tires. Added some scrapers.

 

[mfrade]

Tell us what you really think Nic!

Nice touch Doug.. Can't wait to hear how it works out.

 

[jclazar]

howdy fellas! Like to report the IH Cub Cadet 1450 has been starting much easier in the cold weather since changing to a new spark plug. I have the gt warming up in the garage as I write. We're expecting an artic blast of cold weather for much of the next 8 days. About 3-4" of snow expected.

There is not much to do to my 1450, as it is well taken care of mechanically. Hoping for a lot of snow so I can flex the 1450's muscle equipped with IH 42" push blade.

No one won the 900 million state lottery last night here in Ohio. You would be lucky to see 300m of the 9m after its all said and done. I would gold plate my 1450 if I won!

Have a good day guys!

 

[digger]

So a guy sends me his creeper saying that he thinks there's something wrong with it.
It doesn't leak anywhere, but it sounds rather odd in high range!