Richard
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- Apr 6, 2000
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- Location
- Knoxville, TN
- Tractor
- International 1066 Full sized JCB Loader/Backhoe and a John Deere 430 to mow with
We've got a 10' Rhino sitting behind an International. This mower has a slipclutch on the main shafts gear box but none on each side gearbox.
Every now & then if I scalp or hit a stump or.... the blades will stop as the slipclutch is doing its job.
I turn around and see the main shaft just humming away (pto speed) while the side shafts are revolving slowly or even stopped....
I'll raise the deck to clear the grass/scalp/other.... but it takes a moment for the side shafts to spool back up to synch with the main shaft.
My question is.... how long should that process take?
Once you raise the deck, should it be near instant? Having not measured the actual time, it might take 3-5 seconds to go from the worst I've seen it to being synched back with the main shaft.
I've gone though the adjusting process with the main shaft (slipclutch) but having never seen one work other than this, I have no reference point to know if it's re-synching just fine, too fast or too slow (meaning my slip clutch plates might be worn)
thoughts?
Every now & then if I scalp or hit a stump or.... the blades will stop as the slipclutch is doing its job.
I turn around and see the main shaft just humming away (pto speed) while the side shafts are revolving slowly or even stopped....
I'll raise the deck to clear the grass/scalp/other.... but it takes a moment for the side shafts to spool back up to synch with the main shaft.
My question is.... how long should that process take?
Once you raise the deck, should it be near instant? Having not measured the actual time, it might take 3-5 seconds to go from the worst I've seen it to being synched back with the main shaft.
I've gone though the adjusting process with the main shaft (slipclutch) but having never seen one work other than this, I have no reference point to know if it's re-synching just fine, too fast or too slow (meaning my slip clutch plates might be worn)
thoughts?