2210 hydro cooling fan
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Figured out how to get the MMM knob off- floorboard off, still cannot figure out how to get the old fan off- there does not seem to be any way to slide the shaft to make room to get the fan off. any ideas? pic attached.
in another thread this was mentioned, but I cannot seem to find this on my 2210:
There doesn't appear to be any cover on the flywheel accessable unless I take off the dashboard.
in another thread this was mentioned, but I cannot seem to find this on my 2210:
myersjc said:
There doesn't appear to be any cover on the flywheel accessable unless I take off the dashboard.
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Ray2210
Silver Member
I believe you may need to split the u-joint by pressing out the cups.
David_B
New member
Ray2210 is right, the best way I found was to take apart the universal joint. I initially tried unbolting the drive shaft from the engine & sliding the shaft forward, but there wasn't enough play to get the shaft off the male end of the hydrstatic rear end. Here's how you take apart the universal joint:
1) Remove the 4 Clips from the unversal joint.
2) GENTLY tap the cups in one direction until one cup sticks out & can be removed (I could just take them off with my finger once they were exposed).
3) Push the joint the OTHER way & remove the second cup (should be on the same axis as the first one you removed).
4) Now push the joint along the other axis to remove the third cup. Once the third cup is apart, I could remove the center piece of the universal joint & the joint was apart.
Be VERY careful with the cups as they contain the bearings of the joint. You don't want to loose any parts or get dirt in the bearings. Once you get the first cup out, it will all click & make sense how it goes together & comes apart.
1) Remove the 4 Clips from the unversal joint.
2) GENTLY tap the cups in one direction until one cup sticks out & can be removed (I could just take them off with my finger once they were exposed).
3) Push the joint the OTHER way & remove the second cup (should be on the same axis as the first one you removed).
4) Now push the joint along the other axis to remove the third cup. Once the third cup is apart, I could remove the center piece of the universal joint & the joint was apart.
Be VERY careful with the cups as they contain the bearings of the joint. You don't want to loose any parts or get dirt in the bearings. Once you get the first cup out, it will all click & make sense how it goes together & comes apart.
chipsndust
Platinum Member
jd:
I don't know how to link back to an old thread, so I pasted 2 posts from an old thread here (see below). This is how I got my fan repaired. I took these posts, and a diagram of the 2305 driveshaft which I downloaded, to my dealer. He used this approach, and had my fan replaced the next day. You don't have to disassemble anything except the rear universal joint in the driveshaft. Hope this helps.
04-25-2006, 09:55 PM
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caseyd
Join Date: Mar 2005
Posts: 3 Re: 2210 Plastic Hydrostatic Cooling Fan Replacement
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Hello Everyone,
I am fairly new to the forum and proud owner of a 2305. This is kind of funny, this past week I was clearing brush with the loader and of course a stick got caught in the fan and destroyed four of the blades. I was pretty disappointed with what had happened and of course like some of us here who encountered the same problem was completely going insane on how to replace the fan. I thought about taking off the floor plate, fenders, ROPS etc. Started to do that, and that was way too labor intensive. Spoke to the mechanic at the dealer and he suggested droping the shaft at the front of the machine where it connected with the engine. Again, way too complicated.
I am lucky enough to happen to know a fella who is a diesal mechanic for an excavating contractor. He stopped by and here is how we did it, in less than 30 minutes, without cutting anything.
There is a bushing, or bar that holds the mid mount mower that needs to be removed. The transmission shaft is now easily accessible. The mechanic then took the drive shaft apart at the knuckle joint closest to the fan. It seem pretty involved (I am not a mechanic). He removed c-clamps, punched out two bushings and the shaft dropped down and he was able to access the fan bolts and he replced the fan.
I am going have this fellow make me a skid plate of some sort - he is an outstanding welder, definitely a good guy to know.
I am pretty surprised myself on how easy this fan got destroyed. I am going to definitely send a letter to JD.
08-08-2006, 06:16 PM
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local40
New Member
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 2 Re: 2210 Plastic Hydrostatic Cooling Fan Replacement
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Hi Guys
I just replaced mine using the method of taking the universial joint apart. It was not that hard to do if you remove the bracket for the deck height adjustment, Took me about a hour but I was in no big hurry.
I don't know how to link back to an old thread, so I pasted 2 posts from an old thread here (see below). This is how I got my fan repaired. I took these posts, and a diagram of the 2305 driveshaft which I downloaded, to my dealer. He used this approach, and had my fan replaced the next day. You don't have to disassemble anything except the rear universal joint in the driveshaft. Hope this helps.
04-25-2006, 09:55 PM
#19 (permalink)
caseyd
Join Date: Mar 2005
Posts: 3 Re: 2210 Plastic Hydrostatic Cooling Fan Replacement
________________________________________
Hello Everyone,
I am fairly new to the forum and proud owner of a 2305. This is kind of funny, this past week I was clearing brush with the loader and of course a stick got caught in the fan and destroyed four of the blades. I was pretty disappointed with what had happened and of course like some of us here who encountered the same problem was completely going insane on how to replace the fan. I thought about taking off the floor plate, fenders, ROPS etc. Started to do that, and that was way too labor intensive. Spoke to the mechanic at the dealer and he suggested droping the shaft at the front of the machine where it connected with the engine. Again, way too complicated.
I am lucky enough to happen to know a fella who is a diesal mechanic for an excavating contractor. He stopped by and here is how we did it, in less than 30 minutes, without cutting anything.
There is a bushing, or bar that holds the mid mount mower that needs to be removed. The transmission shaft is now easily accessible. The mechanic then took the drive shaft apart at the knuckle joint closest to the fan. It seem pretty involved (I am not a mechanic). He removed c-clamps, punched out two bushings and the shaft dropped down and he was able to access the fan bolts and he replced the fan.
I am going have this fellow make me a skid plate of some sort - he is an outstanding welder, definitely a good guy to know.
I am pretty surprised myself on how easy this fan got destroyed. I am going to definitely send a letter to JD.
08-08-2006, 06:16 PM
#26 (permalink)
local40
New Member
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 2 Re: 2210 Plastic Hydrostatic Cooling Fan Replacement
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Hi Guys
I just replaced mine using the method of taking the universial joint apart. It was not that hard to do if you remove the bracket for the deck height adjustment, Took me about a hour but I was in no big hurry.
