My PT 1430 journey of resurrection

[Tchamp]

Nvm, I just figured it out. Lost a seal & outer bearing so gotta get that ordered for the LF wheel.

I would send the pump motor into powertrac and let them build it for you, you can call and ask Terry how much it cost. I had one of my drive motors on my 2425 start dumping oil out of the shaft seal and Terry told me to ship it to him. The o-ring and seal kit was around 40 dollars and the repair was about the same. Gor around 100 dollars or so i had the motor repaired and have a warranty to boot.

 

[Poppy7094]

Thanks!

 

[Poppy7094]

Alrighty then, took your advice & sent that sucker off for rebuild by power trac. Great advice! Thank you so much. Can’t wait til it gets back. In the meantime, off to do some more work on the machines.

 

[Poppy7094]

Got the hydraulic motor back last night. New tires should come today. Prepping to paint today….

 

[ponytug]

Looking good! What is that tire size? It looks very wide, compared to what other models have, and as if it would give your units a really great stability on slopes.

All the best,

Peter

 

[woodlandfarms]

This tire setup is for sure unique. Very 1[emoji44]45 ish.

 

[m5040]

Since your wheel motor brackets are bolt on, you must have a mechanical linkage tram with a cable going back to the hydro drive pump (vs pilot controls). I must emphasize how important all these connecting parts are, including the arm pined to the hydro pump shaft, as in the links of a chain every one is important as the last link, these are the only things that control (STOPS) the drive torque and directions. Loose a part and who knows what the machine will do. Understand? IMHO it is the utmost of importance in safety.

 

[MossRoad]

Since your wheel motor brackets are bolt on, you must have a mechanical linkage tram with a cable going back to the hydro drive pump (vs pilot controls). I must emphasize how important all these connecting parts are, including the arm pined to the hydro pump shaft, as in the links of a chain every one is important as the last link, these are the only things that control (STOPS) the drive torque and directions. Loose a part and who knows what the machine will do. Understand? IMHO it is the utmost of importance in safety.

Ya! Put it up on blocks before starting or it might take off on you as soon as the engine fires up!

Then test forward/backward/neutral motion with the pedals and adjust with the wheels off the ground.

 

[Poppy7094]

Looking good! What is that tire size? It looks very wide, compared to what other models have, and as if it would give your units a really great stability on slopes.

All the best,

Peter

26x12-12 ….I went with bar wedge so I’ll mount them Monday & post them pics…

 

[Poppy7094]

I’ll check out the drive system as y’all advised. I’m still learning & thanks!!!!

 

[Poppy7094]

This tire setup is for sure unique. Very 1[emoji44]45 ish.

That’s the way they came so I didn’t know any different? Anyways, they had mismatched the wheels where they were flipped on rear so tire is closer to chassis on the offset and vice versa on front for the wider stance. I’m opting to leave the offset at the wheel hub so they’re a deep dish wheel for the wide stance for more stability. I’ll post pics very soon if them.

 

[Poppy7094]

Since your wheel motor brackets are bolt on, you must have a mechanical linkage tram with a cable going back to the hydro drive pump (vs pilot controls). I must emphasize how important all these connecting parts are, including the arm pined to the hydro pump shaft, as in the links of a chain every one is important as the last link, these are the only things that control (STOPS) the drive torque and directions. Loose a part and who knows what the machine will do. Understand? IMHO it is the utmost of importance in safety.

I don’t see a cable or chain? I see the parking brake cable

 

[woodlandfarms]

Interstitign. That’s hydraulic directional control. Not cable. So post [emoji[emoji6][emoji6]][emoji[emoji6][emoji6]][emoji6] or an upgrade

 

[MossRoad]

Interstitign. That’s hydraulic directional control. Not cable. So post [emoji[emoji6][emoji6]][emoji[emoji6][emoji6]][emoji6] or an upgrade

This is what I see of your post.

So I'll try and interpret..

My model year has a cable operated treadle pedal system. That cable goes back to the engine compartment to a device called a hydro back. The hydro back mounts to a bracket near the pump, and connects to a lever on the top of the tramp pump. I think the hydro back has a spring in it for centering the pedals. And as I recall, that's where I'll make any adjustments to get the wheels to NOT turn when the pedals are sprung back to the neutral position. I'll have to block the unit up off of all four tires the first time I start it up and operate the pedals to make sure there's no forward or backward creep.

Units newer than mine by a few years went to a hydraulic valve treadle system, as I recall.

What to the other sizes of PowerTracs besides the PT400 series used hydrobacks?

 

[ponytug]

I don’t see a cable or chain? I see the parking brake cable

That looks like a hydraulic direction control treadle, so no cable.

All the best,

Peter

 

[ponytug]

Interstitign. That’s hydraulic directional control. Not cable. So post [emoji[emoji6][emoji6]][emoji[emoji6][emoji6]][emoji6] or an upgrade

FWIW: I see the same collection of symbols and numbers as @MossRoad.

 

[MossRoad]

FWIW: I see the same collection of symbols and numbers as @MossRoad.

His emojis might be frost bitten.

 

[ponytug]

His emojis might be frost bitten.

So you are saying that they got so fired up by the volcanoes that they got iced? Hmmm...

 

[m5040]

Interesting that you have the new pilot controlled fwd/rev, and yet your wheel motors are bolted on. All mine are a welded box with a hyd motor in it. (by memory, as I haven had to work on them yet)

 

[Poppy7094]

Ok, quick update. New tires mounted, got a new battery. Currently working on bucket repair . Have to get a new air comp so I can paint. More to come!