Snow Hydraulic Chute Rotator

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I also made a shim to rid the chute of the slop (wobble). I cut it out of the bottom of your typical five gallon pale. It's installed between the factory plastic bushing and the chute. The dimensions were 6-3/8" ID and 7-7/8" OD IIRC.

I will also note another issue with the kit/parts/instructions. Directions suggest installing their supplied flat-washers between the base of the chute and the large rotator gear. With the flat head screws flush on the bottom of the chute, a fair amount of the screw taper protrudes through the far side of the chute base. The diameter of the screws is larger than the ID of these washers sandwiched in between such that you cannot draw the large gear down tightly because of the interference. There is room radially so I suggest using a larger ID flat washer i.e. a 1/4" trade which will measure closer to 5/16" perhaps.

 

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I finally completed the install and test. I find that, especially with the shim, the motor gear mesh to the chute gear mesh to be tight, so I biased the two rear motor bracket mounting points as far outward as possible then tightened. Upon test, I find left rotate works fine as expected, right rotate requires stick to right past detent, first right position, no movement, past detent, right rotate. Interrelating that to bucket and plow operation...
Bucket...first right position, fast dump, past detent, slow dump.
Single left cylinder BX2763A plow...first right position, fast angle, past detent, slow angle.

 

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Hydraulic rotator completed, installed and tested. Also completed electric deflector. I added a 4 position fuse box, circuit breaker and relay so as to run with ignition power versus constant hot. I actually piggy-backed the cigarette light for my signal wire to the relay, all tested, works great. I also joystick mounted toggle switch for one handed operation.

The kit comes with .063" flow restrictors. Even so, actuation just above idle is very fast, near 3000 RPM, it's actually hard to position it is so fast. I might seek smaller flow restrictors. Any ideas or leads?