Steering Wheel spinner

SailorBob · Dec 27, 2005

Just bought me a spinner a for my little manual steering tractor. It did not come with any instructions. I believe it will make backing and manuevering much easier. It appears that it would be best installed at the 6 o'clock position. (Assuming the wheels are facing straight ahead). Can anyone confirm this?

Casco1 · Dec 27, 2005

The one on my tractor is at ten o'clock, I also have one in my pickup, great for maneuvering trailers, that one folds and is installed at two o'clock. Why? I don't know it just seems comfortable for me

XANDROS_user · Dec 27, 2005

Sailor, Suggest you try the seven o clock position if you are right handed. Have them on three vehicles including my JD and use them to steer with exclusely. This allows me to use the right hand for all controls, making adjustments etc. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

Regards

Egon · Dec 27, 2005

Spinner -- manual steering ?

Keep a good grip or expect some owies! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Egon

geneP · Dec 27, 2005

One of my tractors has power assisted steering, the kind with a cylinder assisting the manual linkage. It has a large diameter steering wheel so making quick turns is cumbersome without the spinner. My spinner is also at 7:00 o'clock and really increases the manuverability of the tractor. My newer tractor has very easy steering and a smaller diameter steering wheel, so I just hook a finger on a spoke on it to turn.

PineRidge · Dec 27, 2005

Bob put the spinner wherever it's comfortable for you. On tractors equipped w/power steering like our NH 40D the position of the knob is constantly changing, even so I still find it a very useful addition.

Trev · Dec 27, 2005

I bought a JD spinner, and for the life of me couldn't figure out how to install it! /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif There was no obvious position on the wheel where all the parts seemed to make sense. Does it go on the rim of the wheel, or on one of the spokes? It's been sitting in my garage for whenever I got up the courage to ask someone how the heck you install this thing. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Bob

SailorBob · Dec 27, 2005

The 10 or 7 o'clock position seems to make sense since I am right handed and the controls (throttle and 3 pt lift are on the right side -- no foot throttle). Now that I think about it I believe that I normally hold the wheel with my left hand in about the 7 o'clock position. I bet it will save a lot of wear an tear on my arms too.

Thanks guys. I am glad I posted the question.

SailorBob · Dec 27, 2005

no power steering

wushaw · Dec 27, 2005

Trev it will straddle one of the spokes and the wheel, you may have to "adjust" it to make it fit your wheel flush.

Trev · Dec 27, 2005

( Trev it will straddle one of the spokes and the wheel, you may have to "adjust" it to make it fit your wheel flush.)

Thanks.. I'll have to go look at it again when it's light out. I bought this thing thinking "Okay, I'm no mechanical genious.. but how hard can *this* be??" LOL!

I save going to ask you what your little sailboat image was, but finally figured it out. Obviously a Victoria 18, right? /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

Thanks,
Bob

Steve_Miller · Dec 27, 2005

Spinner -- manual steering ? 

Egon,
I can relate to this very well, not so much now but when I had the old B7200 with no PS. If you lose your grip, don't try to grab the wheel until the tractor has stopped moving or else. As the "Dew" commercial says, 'been there, done that' and it does hurt.

Steve

QRTRHRS · Dec 27, 2005

( My newer tractor has very easy steering and a smaller diameter steering wheel, so I just hook a finger on a spoke on it to turn. )Just make sure that the wheel won't whip our of your hand should the front end get hung up on something. This is not the threat it once was with trucks (especially with manual steering) and heavy equipment. It used to be that you always kept your thumbs on the outside in case the wheel whipped else you could get it broken.

I use a "suicide knob" on my big Case positioned at 12 o'clock. This tractor has hydraulic steering that gets real heavy at low rpm's. It also has a high reverse, ie; geared way to high. The knob makes it much easier to turn while idleing backwards with my body twisted around.

Reversing was my main reason but I find the knob really helps manuever this larger machine around fencing and such. For me, the 12 o'clock position works better than 6 or 7 because my main use for this tractor is pulling a wing mower and I need to be constantly looking behind me.

You may want to stop by the bicycle shop for some steering wheel wrap for those bolts that hold the knob. They can bite you. /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif

Cliff_Johns · Dec 27, 2005

You should look at this old thread. It asks the question, "where should I put my spinner."

Old spinner thread

Cliff

Cliff_Johns · Dec 27, 2005

( I bought a JD spinner, and for the life of me couldn't figure out how to install it! . . . It's been sitting in my garage for whenever I got up the courage to ask someone how the heck you install this thing. )

Well, there's this thread to help you out!

Embarasing admission (spinner)

Your not the only one.

Cliff

Trev · Dec 28, 2005

( Well, there's this thread to help you out!

Embarasing admission (spinner)

Your not the only one.

Cliff)

LOL!! Now it looks obvious in hindsight.. as do so many things! Thanks!!! And thanks for not snickering. /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

daTeacha · Dec 28, 2005

(
Spinner -- manual steering ?

Keep a good grip or expect some owies! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Egon )

I wonder who you can sue if you get a broken wrist from putting a spinner on a manual tractor and then get smacked by the thing when a wheel gets jerked around in a rut or something? I'm going to guess the tractor manufacturer/dealer/spinner manufacturer/retailer combined should have deep enough combined pockets to keep the most parasitic member of society happy for a while -- at least until they spill some hot coffee on their lap.

After all, I doubt there is any kind of warning about how and when to install and use the spinner, or the fact that you can get hurt by the thing if you don't use it properly, only under specific conditions, and only exactly according to instructions. It probably doesn't have a means to prevent improper installation, and the addition of it to the steering wheel could cause imbalance of the forces acting on the wheel, leading to inaccurate steering, which could cause a rollover and then the ROPS would fail because somebody strapped a light to it with duct tape, all of which would void the warranty on the engine and tires, especially if the latter had not been properly inflated with fresh air and had their fluid rotated at the start of the season. /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

SailorBob · Dec 28, 2005

That is probably the reason it did not come with any instructions.

5030 · Dec 28, 2005

I like the spinner that has the lass undress as it spins......gives a whole new perspective to steering the tractor. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif