montelatici
Platinum Member
Broke a shear bolt on my 60 inch Woods Bush Bull. Found a grade 2 bolt of the appropriate size at Home Depot and thought that it would be a matter of knocking out what's left of the old bolt and put in the new bolt.
It was hot. Take of the shield on the gear box end. There is then a shield around the shield which has two access holes through which you are supposed to be able to get at the shear bolt. The two access holes are not really large enough so I unbolt the second shield so that I can move it around to get at the shear bolt hole. The outer shield is hard to bolt back on, what a pain. Why is it there. The normal shield over the u-joint should be all that is needed.
Anyway it took over an hour to do the job, while replacing the shear bolt excluding removing the shields took 15 minutes. The only good thing about it is that I sweat like a pig and maybe shed a few pounds.
It was hot. Take of the shield on the gear box end. There is then a shield around the shield which has two access holes through which you are supposed to be able to get at the shear bolt. The two access holes are not really large enough so I unbolt the second shield so that I can move it around to get at the shear bolt hole. The outer shield is hard to bolt back on, what a pain. Why is it there. The normal shield over the u-joint should be all that is needed.
Anyway it took over an hour to do the job, while replacing the shear bolt excluding removing the shields took 15 minutes. The only good thing about it is that I sweat like a pig and maybe shed a few pounds.