What have you done with/to your GC Series 2300, 2400, 1700 Tractor TODAY

[cglaser104]

You guys will LOVE the paint scheme. Hint: I like things to match

 

[WranglerX]

Hey cglaser104 did you put cotter pins in the nuts on the shafts in gear box?

Dale

 

[cglaser104]

Hey cglaser104 did you put cotter pins in the nuts on the shafts in gear box?

Dale

Not yet, still gotta snug down the nuts one final time and then put them in

 

[MF RED in MT]

You guys will LOVE the paint scheme. Hint: I like things to match

Hmm, maybe Red Flames!

KC

 

[Pixguy]

Hmm, maybe Red Flames!

KC

Like!

 

[MoMower]

So I've completely rebuilt the gearbox with cups, bearings and seals. Given that the bottom seal was toast and the bearing wobbled out and the sleeve worn out they had the gearbox full of heavy grease which had to be scraped and scrubbed and cleaned out. I also had to improvise fixing the bottom cup and was able to add a stainless steel sleeve and drive the cup down into it. I shouldn't be surprised a 60+ year old gearbox is that worn out

And now the reason I'm on a GC thread telling you about this. I was also able to test fit the brush hog to the GC. She lifted it without a second thought...of course. LOL. I swear I heard the tractor ask me to hurry up and finish this thing already so we could go thrash some grass but that might have been my imagination.

I hope to get to paint stage later this week after building the front/back supports and tail wheel swing arm/bracket.View attachment 668310View attachment 668311View attachment 668312View attachment 668313View attachment 668314

Looks beasty...nice.

 

[MoMower]

Did a bit bit of driveway work for a friend.



Was able to bring most of it up, and they’ll be able to push off getting more stone for a year or two.

4’ EA BB and FEL.

 

[MoMower]

 

[cglaser104]

I was able to test fit the rebuild on my GC1710 yesterday. I built the tail wheel bracket after these pics were taken and the unit was set on the garage floor for height measurements. Everything looks good and is operating as expected. Today I tore everything back down so that it could be cleaned and painted which should happen sometime tomorrow.

 

[GeneV]

Yes. I will have reused the gearbox (which I'm rebuilding with new seals and bearings), drive shaft, tail wheel, and the front and rear metal bands of the original brush hog. I completely refabricated the sides, top, hitch points (making it QH compatible) frame and the wheel bracket.

Edit: I've modified the design quite a bit because of the way the original failed

Oh wow that an impressive project CG!