Dino Part 2

[Racinbob 11,113]

I decided to do part 2 of the Dino tractor a bit sooner than I planned. I took advantage of some mild weather a while back to get some more painting done. I usually tear things down to the nuts and bolts to repaint but I'm not doing that this time. 

 

 

 

In another thread about hub pullers I mentioned my fight with one of the hubs. I lost the battle but the war isn't over. I destroyed the center screw of the puller so going with a tougher impact wrench wouldn't do it. Fortunately I did get the left hub off so I could open it up from the correct side. I didn't plan on opening it but now I'm going split the differential so I can remove the right side axle snap ring. This will make it easier to get it on a press. First things first. I drained the old oil and it looked really good. 

 

I put some Motor Flush in it and spun the gears via the threaded brake shaft. Drained and repeat. 

 

 

Getting this thing opened up.

 

 

I sure can't complain on the cleanliness of the innards and condition of the gears. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited November 23 by Racinbob

[Racinbob 11,113]

I had a download failure. @stevasaurus I forgot I even had this wrench until we were looking at some of yours the other day. I haven't used this thing since the days of adjusting timing by turning the distributer. It was perfect for this task. 

 

 

I got to the snap ring and got the axle/hub out. Now to find someone with a press. At this point could just replace the seal and reassemble but I really would like to get that hub to move. 

 

 

Nobody local had the correct woodruff keys. I found that Zoro was cheaper for a bag of 10 than elsewhere for just 2. Three day delivery as well. 

 

[kpinnc 12,172]

58 minutes ago, Racinbob said:

I sure can't complain on the cleanliness of the innards and condition of the gears.

No sir, that’s a very clean one! 

[stevasaurus 22,769]

No kidding, that trans looks great inside Bob !!  The guy Jana bought the Horse from sells all kinds of Garden Tractors by his house.  I know he did a lot of work to this one before she bought it.  Maybe he opened and cleaned the trans, or as least changed the oil in it.  That would have been around 2010.  Nice wrench you have there.  

[squonk 41,171]

Distributor wrenches and crowfoots will get you out of a jam every time. 

[ebinmaine 67,760]

2 hours ago, squonk said:

Distributor wrenches

 

That's a neat trick! 

 

 

 

[ebinmaine 67,760]

4 hours ago, Racinbob said:

Now to find someone with a press

 

I've got an HF 20 ton here you're welcome to. 

[953 nut 55,389]

6 hours ago, Racinbob said:

I sure can't complain on the cleanliness of the innards and condition of the gears.

Having come from @stevasaurus I wouldn't expect anything less than prefect.

[Racinbob 11,113]

16 hours ago, stevasaurus said:

No kidding, that trans looks great inside Bob !!  The guy Jana bought the Horse from sells all kinds of Garden Tractors by his house.  I know he did a lot of work to this one before she bought it.  Maybe he opened and cleaned the trans, or as least changed the oil in it.  That would have been around 2010.  Nice wrench you have there.  

 

That could very well be true Steve. The oil I drained out of it was black but looked good. I also can't help but think the stuff I use called motor flush has something to do with it as well. I dumped a quart in, ran it some then stir and drain again the next day. The first time it was black. The second time it was tea colored. I should have posted pictures but I dumped both batches in one container to save to use again. I've done several transmissions with this stuff and every one looked clean. Maybe a coincidence?  I mainly started using it because I hate the smell of diesel and it lingers.

 

12 hours ago, ebinmaine said:

 

I've got an HF 20 ton here you're welcome to. 

 

I've always wanted to visit Maine. Sounds like a good reason to me. 

[ebinmaine 67,760]

39 minutes ago, Racinbob said:

motor flush

 

Now that's interesting...

I agree that the smell of diesel is off putting. Trina in fact dislikes it severely. Enough so that we'll likely never own a piece of diesel equipment. 

 

I hadn't considered the usage of a flush. Bought right,  it's only a couple dollars more than diesel or K1 and may very well work better.  

 

 

 

 

42 minutes ago, Racinbob said:

I've always wanted to visit Maine. Sounds like a good reason to me. 

 

You stop up anytime  😊 

[Racinbob 11,113]

3 hours ago, ebinmaine said:

 

Now that's interesting...

I agree that the smell of diesel is off putting. Trina in fact dislikes it severely. Enough so that we'll likely never own a piece of diesel equipment. 

 

I hadn't considered the usage of a flush. Bought right,  it's only a couple dollars more than diesel or K1 and may very well work better.

 

I'm with Trina. The fuel itself is bad enough and the exhaust just about makes me sick. The Motor Medic Motor Flush I use doesn't have a lot of odor but what there is isn't bad. This is the first time I thought to save it. I'll let it sit a while and strain it into another 2 qt bottle. I don't see why it can't be used again. I can't guarantee it actually works better but, so far, every one I've done have been about like this one. But then again, it could be that I haven't started out with a really bad one.