Grease on Cruise Control Electromagnet

[Anonymous Poster]

I was having trouble with the hydrostatic drive on my TC29D (see the post "Hydrostatic Drive Sticking") and the dealer came out and replaced the electromagnet that holds the hydro pedal in position when the cruise control is on. The mechanic admitted he doesn't have much experience with the cruise control. He put some grease between the magnet and the plate that it contacts with so it would "be less likely to stick". That didn't seem right to me. It seems like the grease will just attract dirt and cause it to stick when it shouldn't, plus it doesn't need lubricant since it's not supposed to move when it's engaged. Now I'm afraid the grease is going to cause it not to hold the pedal in position when the cruise is activated. You have to remove the lower part of the dash to see it. It's on the left side. If the tractor is not running, but the key is turned on, you can see it activate and hear it click when the cruise is turned on and off. I don't think there was any grease on there to start with (I wasn't there when the mechanic put the new one on), so I'm considering cleaning it off. What do some of you folks think?

 

[MJB]

I would not put grease on the electromagnet for the reasons you mentioned. The cruise on my 4300 was not holding properly on rough ground and I found that the bracket for the magnet (which is under the right side floorboard on 4300s) was not aligned properly to the pedal shank./w3tcompact/icons/frown.gif The angle was slightly off such that the magnet only touched the pedal on one edge when it was energized. Apparently there was not enough friction between the magnet and the pedal to hold properly on rough ground. Once I re-adjusted the bracket the cruise works much better./w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif There was no grease on the pedal or magnet on my tractor. Hope this helps.

Fugitive from the Cubicle Police

 

[bekxsteins]

danny
clean off the greese the problem you are having is most likely that the cruise lingage is rubbing on the bottem of the fuel tank if this is the problem respond back and ill tell you what todo
garyu

 

[Anonymous Poster]

I hate to say this, but tell your dealer not to allow the guy that greased your magnet to work on any more cruise controls!!!!! Have them call their CBU office, question about putting grease on the magnet, then, (free of charge to you) clean the grease off your magnet.