thanks to ssdoxie for the tip on the JD24 being the same as my older OMC 440! I found a shop operators manual for a jd24 online, ordered and it has been helpful, sure wish mine had a hyd brake like was available for the jd24
Today we put the new drive belt on, we ran into a bit of extra work (ok more than a bit) as the new belt would not pass over the hydraulic variable speed pulleys due to it hitting a hydraulic line, so we ended up removing the panel in front of engine compartment and floor boards, also had to remove the support brackets that the pillar bearing blocks for the rear drives mount to to get the belt over the front pulley (52" belt) wow was it tough spreading the spring loaded pulley, but I cut some wood pieces at angle then loosened the 3 retaining bolts counting the turns so I could at least put than back where they were and wedged the wood in, sounds much easier than it really was, Take your time so you do not damage those sheaves inside of the belt pulley)
it turned into an all day job, but while we were there we also had to repair the seat frame where it mounts to the hinges, someone had welded them before, but iut was literately tearing apart, so we cut a flat plate to go from side to side, fir it under the rear of the seat plate and welded it in, then drilled some holes and bolted it to he existing hinges (that are shot and will need replaced) I don't know how long one of these belts should last, but I sure do not look forward to doing this again, even knowing next time will be far quicker. (another tip) don't wait for one to break! mine was about to snap when I bought it and it broke the day I got it home and played with it for about 5 minutes!, it would had been much easier if the old belt was still in place! - Any how.....
During this we found the filter assembly very loose, it has a pipe union that was holding it to hydraulic pump, so we took that all apart and tightened all the pipes fittings up nicely, There are quite few things that were rigged up on this skid steer, I hate it when you see that , but its what we have to work with.
next steps.
Repair the starting issue, I was told when I purchased it it needed a ring gear, but im not 100% that is the only issue with the starter engagement. we will see
Repair the drive issues, seems the right side works for crudola, there is a ton of play in the lever and it really does not like to work that right side at all,
Adjust drive chains and hopefully not find too much wrong in there.
fix hydraulic leak in line behind frame of bucket, they had a hose clamped around the steel line,
BTW I did not want to run with low hyd oil seeing how it was leaking, so I checked the level, it did not touch the stick, it took a full 5 gl to reach the min mark on the dip stick. not sure what total capacity is of the system, but that bites as I want to change all the fluid out, so I am about to waste 5gl of fluid, oh well price I paid working on it where it broke down (over dirt to boot) I bought Lubraguard tractor hydraulic oil, then I see some recommend using automatic trans oil, hmm... thoughts on that anyone?
So, now that we could move this (since the old belt snapped ) down to the garage it will be much easier to work on, once I read up on this a bit more I decided not to put it inside as I cant loose that room for a extended period in case I run into parts problems, But now I can get it up on jack stands as it is on the slab not sure where to jack it up yet, but I have a good walker type 3.5 ton pro floor jack and heavy jack stands
So tomorrow it gets jacked up, wheels come off, and side plate get removed to see if this is something as simple as adjusting the clutches and drive chains. if so, we are going to move forward with repairing everything else, and doing a full service on it
Still looking for the correct repair manual for this machine
Today we put the new drive belt on, we ran into a bit of extra work (ok more than a bit) as the new belt would not pass over the hydraulic variable speed pulleys due to it hitting a hydraulic line, so we ended up removing the panel in front of engine compartment and floor boards, also had to remove the support brackets that the pillar bearing blocks for the rear drives mount to to get the belt over the front pulley (52" belt) wow was it tough spreading the spring loaded pulley, but I cut some wood pieces at angle then loosened the 3 retaining bolts counting the turns so I could at least put than back where they were and wedged the wood in, sounds much easier than it really was, Take your time so you do not damage those sheaves inside of the belt pulley)
it turned into an all day job, but while we were there we also had to repair the seat frame where it mounts to the hinges, someone had welded them before, but iut was literately tearing apart, so we cut a flat plate to go from side to side, fir it under the rear of the seat plate and welded it in, then drilled some holes and bolted it to he existing hinges (that are shot and will need replaced) I don't know how long one of these belts should last, but I sure do not look forward to doing this again, even knowing next time will be far quicker. (another tip) don't wait for one to break! mine was about to snap when I bought it and it broke the day I got it home and played with it for about 5 minutes!, it would had been much easier if the old belt was still in place! - Any how.....
During this we found the filter assembly very loose, it has a pipe union that was holding it to hydraulic pump, so we took that all apart and tightened all the pipes fittings up nicely, There are quite few things that were rigged up on this skid steer, I hate it when you see that , but its what we have to work with.
next steps.
Repair the starting issue, I was told when I purchased it it needed a ring gear, but im not 100% that is the only issue with the starter engagement. we will see
Repair the drive issues, seems the right side works for crudola, there is a ton of play in the lever and it really does not like to work that right side at all,
Adjust drive chains and hopefully not find too much wrong in there.
fix hydraulic leak in line behind frame of bucket, they had a hose clamped around the steel line,
BTW I did not want to run with low hyd oil seeing how it was leaking, so I checked the level, it did not touch the stick, it took a full 5 gl to reach the min mark on the dip stick. not sure what total capacity is of the system, but that bites as I want to change all the fluid out, so I am about to waste 5gl of fluid, oh well price I paid working on it where it broke down (over dirt to boot) I bought Lubraguard tractor hydraulic oil, then I see some recommend using automatic trans oil, hmm... thoughts on that anyone?
So, now that we could move this (since the old belt snapped ) down to the garage it will be much easier to work on, once I read up on this a bit more I decided not to put it inside as I cant loose that room for a extended period in case I run into parts problems, But now I can get it up on jack stands as it is on the slab not sure where to jack it up yet, but I have a good walker type 3.5 ton pro floor jack and heavy jack stands
So tomorrow it gets jacked up, wheels come off, and side plate get removed to see if this is something as simple as adjusting the clutches and drive chains. if so, we are going to move forward with repairing everything else, and doing a full service on it
Still looking for the correct repair manual for this machine