Recent content by al3

Way back in college days when I couldn’t afford much of anything and my 1975 RD-350 needed maintenance, I’d use a long handled socket wrench (aka breaker bar) and a rubber hammer as an impact wrench substitute. Trick was to give very firm, hard, raps to the end of the bar to induce the momentary...

Another way would be to use an H type puller like illustrated. Advantage of this would be pulling forces would all be on the stuck component vs any support bearing/seal/cases/etc. The kit shown also comes with a bearing splitter that can be helpful to gain purchase on something with rounded...

Thanks for the unique perspective. I grew up on a dairy farm outside of Juneau. New plug is in, filled. Plug I removed was the early style, all rubber top. With any luck the replacement will hold up longer. I have a range of grease/lube available to coat the input shaft with; High pressure...

I’m equal distance (35miles) from two Deere dealers, both had item in stock and picked up yesterday. Need to clean outer cases before removing the old plug. When disassembling noticed the input pulley had provision to attach a puller (two 180 degree spaced threaded holes) but none was...

Finally getting to this; good winter project. Turns out it isn’t the shaft end seal, rather the small (1 3/8 dia or so) rubber plug located on the cases’ top side. (see red pen tip) Rubber is cracked, fluid had the appearance of oozing from the cracks, but at 20 degrees not a lot of oozing...

When Uncle Sam decided I needed to live in Germany for 3 years back in the 80’s, I shipped this instead of a car. Fast bike and autobahns…… Got the bike new, still in the garage. I did the paint. Suzuki made this model/displacement in blue and white and always thought red would look better.

Deer for all seasons: The only real disappointment with the 4110 in the background was its inability to lift vintage sleds "the long way" (with fork tines running under the running boards). Just doesn't have enough ompph to do it with snowmobile's engine weight located that far out from...

Appreciate the reply Mr Plum. Sounds pretty straightforward; hopefully will give pretty clear access to the upper case components. Good idea about cleaning the dregs from the tank, too.

2015 Tuff Torque K72 in a Deere X500 that began to leak transmission fluid; drips on cardboard after mowing. Not a lot; 1 ring the size of a silver dollar or so. After a few cleaning/mow/examine cycles it would appear source of leak is the input shaft seal. Don't know for sure, but its coming...

Hope someone can shed some light on this. Previous owner’s builder used ABS under all sinks, transitions to PVC in the walls. Kitchen sink run from P trap to wall is about 3 feet, collects dregs and needs to be cleaned out every few years. Decided to add an ABS pipe union to the end where the...

What's wrong with the transmission? I've had several not shift due to the grease drying out after 20 plus years. Splitting the transmission (not hard) and repacking with 00 corn head grease can be a remedy.

Here's a link to a previous post that has ohm and voltage values for a particular JD app. https://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/threads/4110-15-et-al-fuel-shutoff-solenoid-readings-bypass.344528/ Deer uses a logic board to intergrate all the safety switch status and enable/deny voltage for...

Are you familiar with working on modern riding mowers that incorporate a multitude of safety circuits? If not, you’re in for a not-so-fun time. Its not as easy as a single 12v line running to a simple SPST switch. The segment of the wiring diagram someone kindly posted shows some of the...

The drive shaft shaft U joints on this series need periodic grease. Replacement drive shaft is $$$$$, so take care of the OE. No zerks on the U joints. I never had any luck using a gun and needle, have to drop the drive shaft and slide the yokes to expose the caps/cage needles to get...

As long as you’re collecting opinions: I use the Three Bond formulation for aluminum cases whenever sealing up crankcase/transmission/axle sections that don’t use a gasket. They make several different grades/products so some product research is advisable. Some claim that Three Bond is the...