How difficult to replace crank bearing...???

[winston1]

I hate to admit but I run everything hard.

My YM2000 was well used when I purchased it and I continue to run it hard.

I replanted a food plot yesterday. I disced the plot again then ran over it with a cultipacker after it was seeded.

It will use 1.5 to 2 quarts of oil in about 10 hours hard use.

td

Yep, well used, but if oil level is kept up, no harm done.

 

[clemsonfor]

I hate to admit but I run everything hard.

My YM2000 was well used when I purchased it and I continue to run it hard.

I replanted a food plot yesterday. I disced the plot again then ran over it with a cultipacker after it was seeded.

It will use 1.5 to 2 quarts of oil in about 10 hours hard use.

td

That's a lot of oil!!!

I will run a 5ft bushhog on my 2000 doing tall fields , that's about the only use now a days I use it for. But when I did foodplots I dragged a disk that usually was often bogged so well that I used the diff lock to just keep moving forward when I set in for a straight run. I used a 6ft finish mower on it that takes a ton of power to just spin it then put in grass that was in severe need of mowing and it creates about full load almost the whole time I run the thing. I still don't see the oil level change on mine!

 

[treedawg]

That's a lot of oil!!!

I will run a 5ft bushhog on my 2000 doing tall fields , that's about the only use now a days I use it for. But when I did foodplots I dragged a disk that usually was often bogged so well that I used the diff lock to just keep moving forward when I set in for a straight run. I used a 6ft finish mower on it that takes a ton of power to just spin it then put in grass that was in severe need of mowing and it creates about full load almost the whole time I run the thing. I still don't see the oil level change on mine!

Like I previously said.....My little YM2000 was already WELL used when I purchased it. To tell you the truth I didn't realise how well used it was but it is what it is.

I also think the oil consumption is excessive. It has some pretty serious crankcase blowby and it also smokes pretty good even if it's not operating under a load. That said, it's still pretty strong all things considered.

I'm sure it's going to give up the ghost one day but hopefully I'll have gotten my money's worth out of it by then.

td

 

[Neat 1500]

Mine doesn't use a single drop either which I guess makes us very lucky.

 

[clemsonfor]

I have a small amount of blow by, especially running at operating rpm you can see it in the sunlight. Still cannot disern any usage. When or if mine does get that bad I will look at rebuilding the engine. New rings and bearings.

 

[Republic of Texas]

I have a small amount of blow by, especially running at operating rpm you can see it in the sunlight. Still cannot disern any usage. When or if mine does get that bad I will look at rebuilding the engine. New rings and bearings.

General blow-by is normal & expected... at least I thought so anyway. If oil is pouring out, then that's a bigger issue.

 

[clemsonfor]

General blow-by is normal & expected... at least I thought so anyway. If oil is pouring out, then that's a bigger issue.

yea not pouring out. You can rarely if ever even get a drop of oil on your finger if you touch it to the tube.

 

[PILOON]

Con rod bearing can be changed from below (often) but crank bearings??? I don't think so.
Walk away, or buy with back up plan to be parting for parts.