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You may be better off repowering it with a Vanguard engine....
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deck bracket bushing and e clip?
ri702bill replied to horseman with no horse's topic in Implements and Attachments
Not around here!! The local Lowes fasteners section is an absolute joke. The drawers resemble a campsite after being raided by a bunch of feral rabid raccoons. And the local Home Depot "streamlined" their selection to about half the size it was 2 years ago.... marketing genius I guess. -
What have you done to your Wheel Horse today?
Blaine replied to Ed Kennell's topic in Wheel Horse Tractors
To answer your question, no. Lol Here’s a must watch. -
I just re-configured a 32” 64-65 Lawn Ranger gear drive to use on my 401 to replace the one i had been running for the last 10+ years that was pretty beat. I was amazed how quiet it is. I thought the belt was seriously slipping when i first engaged the pedal, but it was just that quiet. I use the red “tacky” grease on the gears. Check the cross shaft for axial play. It should be minimal. Maybe .020”- .025”. On my 702, when i bought it and finally got it to the point i could mow with it, i noticed it wasn’t cutting well on the one side. I found that the one cross shaft gear had a sheared woodruff key. Once i replaced the woodruff, the cross shaft wouldn’t turn. I found that the gear spinning freely on the shaft had smeared the shoulder of the shaft where the gear butts up against, so when the nut was tightened, it was pinching the bearing towers between the two gears. The shaft is 3/4” and the bore in the gear is 5/8”, so basically the gear rests up against a 1/16” shoulder on the shaft, so don’t over-tighten the nut or it can damage the shaft. I ended up making a .020” shim with a 5/8” i.d. to fit behind the gear. In hindsight, i could have made it .030”-.035” and shimmed out a bit more of the backlash at the gears also. I think there is a service bulletin on thicker thrust bearing washers for the blade shafts to minimize gear noise on some models also, but if you have excessive axial or radial play in the cross shaft bearings, i’d start there. If the gear nuts were over-torqued at some point, or a smeared woodruff, the shoulders on the cross shaft may be damaged, resulting in excessive axial play of the shaft which results in excessive backlash at the gears. Cross shaft tower bearings 1630-2RS Blade shaft needle bearings B1212 The threads in the aluminum(?) bearing towers on my old deck were in rough shape from numerous belt changes. I swapped out the bolts with longer ones and whatever combination of washers needed to grab ALL of the threads possible in the towers. Maybe inspect the cast housing closely for cracks also. I’ve cracked 3 of them over the last 28 years. They get really noisy when that happens. They break across these same two holes. I added some bolts that kept this one mowing for a few more years. The Lawn Ranger donor before, and after the Suburban linkage transplant.
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Getting a 1/5 scale RC running... It's like a tractor ... Right?
MainelyWheelhorse replied to MainelyWheelhorse's topic in non tractor related discussion
Yeah, most of the people who run trucks this size have a Zenoah with four bolts which seems to last and perform better and longer. I have some experience with the Traxxas .33 nitro stuff. It’s cool and goes good once you get it tuned right. But once you get to the 1/5 scale stuff the lack of constant fine tuning of the weedwacker/chainsaw sized gas engines compared to nitro is much more desirable. -
Mark Gray.
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I find no evidence they were genuine Wheel Horse. My guess is they were homemade. The WT-30 self propelled tillers were made in 1960 for the small engine tractors. Hanging all that weight on the rear of the small tractors was a poor idea. Wheel Horse did offer a front weight to balance the rear load. They also were connected to a speed reduction unit that was mounted under the tractor. It appears this mounting hardware on your tiller has been modified to use a slot hitch. In 1964 WH offered the better designed WT 244 self propelled tiller with the wheels and a better slot hitch tongue that was able to raise just the tines leaving the engine weight on the tiller wheels for transport.
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I found these fluted knobs while looking around online…. They have shifter knobs too.
MainelyWheelhorse replied to MainelyWheelhorse's topic in Implements and Attachments
It looks like they’re an industrial company that usually sells or distributes through a third party. It’s a possibility they weren’t set up for me to buy that. It’s a bit too late now. It’ll supposedly be here Tuesday. There’s been no charge yet except for the $9.31 for two knobs on my CC the last I knew. When the shipping charge pops up I’ll dispute it. If I deal with them again it’ll be through Amazon. It wasn’t totally bad though the CS rep I first talked to was great. Thanks for the guidance @ebinmaine. -
Apparently we're not listening to music any more... Anybody remember these guys?
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Lawn master, porter cable, or Massey executive?
Mike'sHorseBarn replied to Curious George's topic in other brands
Dura manufacturing made their own transmissions for lawnmaster, moto mower, mf executive etc. I found seals for the axle, but not for the input or brake shafts. I'm still trying to find that info for the massey executive I'm working on. -
Get that WD-40 cleaned out of there ASAP. It is NOT A LUBRICANT!!!! It's a water displacer, a silicone. When it dries up it will get gummy and make things worse. Get it out of there and get a real lubricant in there, PB-Blaster, SeaFoam DeepCreep, BG inForce, something like that.
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What have you done to your Wheel Horse today?
ineedanother replied to Ed Kennell's topic in Wheel Horse Tractors
Also on the 161, there are some mixed reviews for this but I went ahead and installed some radial bearings on the spindles. Added 1/8" that I took off the top to allow access to the groove for the clip. In the process I'm reminded how much I dislike grease guns. Are any of them reliable for those of us that use them 3-4 times a year? -
deck bracket bushing and e clip?
Lee1977 replied to horseman with no horse's topic in Implements and Attachments
It's a 1/2" ID x 5/8" OD brass flange bushing. If you have hardware or Lowes or Home Depot that keeps there parts draw up tp date. it should not be hard to find -
Thank you Lee1977
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Lawn master, porter cable, or Massey executive?
Curious George replied to Curious George's topic in other brands
Do you know what trans axle yours had in it? I mainly just need to replace seals so would I just be better off not knowing and finding seals that will work to replace the old ones as I rebuild it? -
Cresson PA Missed it by that much! Can you believe it, that much! 20260711_111641.mp4
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Mower Deck for 1987-1989 414-8
bradleydavidgood replied to bradleydavidgood's topic in Implements and Attachments
Yea so you are saying consider a mid mount 48. Thank you! Good idea. It would be nice to have the 42 and 48 and use them both and decide which one I like better. I have a lot of undulations and some rocks and roots sticking up a couple of inches. I think the 42 may be better than a wider thing for that reason. It's also easier to handle when taking it off and storing it...I'll have to think about it. -
Derry PA. 20260711_140150.mp4
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To make it easer on the fuel pump put a check valve in the fuel line down at frame level behine the fuel filter. That works good if you start it often enough. I prefer the electric pumps I have them on three of my tractors.
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520xi mower deck cutting uneven
Hendricksn replied to Hendricksn's topic in Implements and Attachments
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New project
sqrlgtr replied to Wheelhorse#1's topic in Restorations, Modifications, & Customizations
they are defiantly louder. -
Interested in a set of 2 Carlisle front turf tires in nice condition for a 400 series tractor. Size is 16 x 6.50 - 8. @JCM Thanks
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520xi mower deck cutting uneven
Hendricksn replied to Hendricksn's topic in Implements and Attachments
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520xi mower deck cutting uneven
Hendricksn replied to Hendricksn's topic in Implements and Attachments
So both eye bolts are there and look even. I think the issue may be with the deck. I took the deck off and it might be in the brackets or the deck itself
