Rod in Forfar
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- Joined
- Apr 10, 2010
- Messages
- 568
- Location
- Forfar, Ontario, Canada
- Tractor
- 1960 Massey Ferguson 35 (Perkins), 1995 TAFE 35DI, 1980 Bolens G174, 2005 Kubota B7510, 2020 Kioti Mechron 2200ps UTV Troy-Bilt Horse 2 1988 Case IH 255 4WD with loader and cab
The second day of the project has provided a series of lessons:
1. When you have bolted everything back together and you are all ready to do the triumphant drive around the yard in your recently-repaired tractor, the battery will be dead.
2. If the hydraulic pump makes a horrible noise when the engine starts up, do not panic. It is air in the system. If it continues to make an unpleasant noise while running, check the auxiliary levers in case one is stuck.
3. Spring pins require a wire run through them with the ends brought back and twisted together outside the shaft. If you do not have any wire, go no further on the project until you have some.
4. In the drive tunnel of a compact tractor there is not enough space for a pair of pliers to twist two strands of wire if the front drive shaft is in the way. It must be removed again. See rule # 1.
5. Count the items left over in the parts tray. If there is a remaining spring pin, it came from somewhere. Find the universal joint with the missing pin before driving the tractor a mile into the woods on a test run.
6. A loud clunking noise does not necessarily mean disaster. If the front drive shaft universal has a missing pin, it will eventually come loose when the tractor is running in 4WD. The same rig seemed willing enough to idle along in 2WD at 4 mph on the return run to the garage, though.
7. Rod's rule of 30: if you think you have made all of the mistakes possible in the installation of spring pins, you will discover one more. In this case I carefully pinned the universal joint just PAST the end of the drive shaft. Hey, it was dark in the hole. From now on I shall look at the inside of the universal joint for the end of the drive shaft before pinning it.
8. Replacing a spline boss is a lot like setting your hair on fire and putting it out with a hammer. If feels so good when you have finished.
1. When you have bolted everything back together and you are all ready to do the triumphant drive around the yard in your recently-repaired tractor, the battery will be dead.
2. If the hydraulic pump makes a horrible noise when the engine starts up, do not panic. It is air in the system. If it continues to make an unpleasant noise while running, check the auxiliary levers in case one is stuck.
3. Spring pins require a wire run through them with the ends brought back and twisted together outside the shaft. If you do not have any wire, go no further on the project until you have some.
4. In the drive tunnel of a compact tractor there is not enough space for a pair of pliers to twist two strands of wire if the front drive shaft is in the way. It must be removed again. See rule # 1.
5. Count the items left over in the parts tray. If there is a remaining spring pin, it came from somewhere. Find the universal joint with the missing pin before driving the tractor a mile into the woods on a test run.
6. A loud clunking noise does not necessarily mean disaster. If the front drive shaft universal has a missing pin, it will eventually come loose when the tractor is running in 4WD. The same rig seemed willing enough to idle along in 2WD at 4 mph on the return run to the garage, though.
7. Rod's rule of 30: if you think you have made all of the mistakes possible in the installation of spring pins, you will discover one more. In this case I carefully pinned the universal joint just PAST the end of the drive shaft. Hey, it was dark in the hole. From now on I shall look at the inside of the universal joint for the end of the drive shaft before pinning it.
8. Replacing a spline boss is a lot like setting your hair on fire and putting it out with a hammer. If feels so good when you have finished.
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