thunderheart
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Ok so you know it is time to seriously consider salads when you break your tractor by standing on it. Well actually hoppin' off of it, but same thing. I had been doing a couple of chores to get ready for my first real task with the 3110 I bought last month. That is mowing a couple of acres of overgrown garden area at my new place. I replaced some more fuel line (from tank to filter) and installed an overrun clutch. Jumped on the tractor and ran the 4 ft Howse I bought live to make sure everything was working as expected and it was best I could tell. So I started to jump off and go put up my grease gun etc and as I did I kinda sprang off the left foot board. I heard a popping sound as I did so and felt the footboard go a little "mushy". When I looked at it I saw that the standoff that is cast into the transmission housing that supports the front of the foot-board had broken. Huge bummer.
I didn't disassemble it yet to get all the details, but I don't think that should have happened even with my big collard green eatin' butt up there. It only broke about 1/8" deep and about 1/2 way around the hole that the bolt goes into. That standoff is easily 1 1/2" deep. Maybe 2". If it was drilled and tapped to that depth and a bolt of sufficient depth to bottom out in it were used, then it should have held all 300 lbs of me easy. At least I would think.
Anyway I always thought that the way the foot-board was supported was pretty flimsy. But I thought any problems would occur where the foot-board attached to the fender with deformation of the sheet metal or similar. However, I guess the fender attachment being so flimsy allowed the other side to flex and that is what caused it to crack.
Any observations or suggestions for repairing the problem? I have an idea for a bracket that would transfer most of the load to the rear axle housing. But I would like to repair the broken standoff as well if possible.
Thanks,
Dallas
I didn't disassemble it yet to get all the details, but I don't think that should have happened even with my big collard green eatin' butt up there. It only broke about 1/8" deep and about 1/2 way around the hole that the bolt goes into. That standoff is easily 1 1/2" deep. Maybe 2". If it was drilled and tapped to that depth and a bolt of sufficient depth to bottom out in it were used, then it should have held all 300 lbs of me easy. At least I would think.
Anyway I always thought that the way the foot-board was supported was pretty flimsy. But I thought any problems would occur where the foot-board attached to the fender with deformation of the sheet metal or similar. However, I guess the fender attachment being so flimsy allowed the other side to flex and that is what caused it to crack.
Any observations or suggestions for repairing the problem? I have an idea for a bracket that would transfer most of the load to the rear axle housing. But I would like to repair the broken standoff as well if possible.
Thanks,
Dallas