1990 520-H drive belt idler bracket/hood stand repair

[resqdiver1 2]

Hi All, I just picked up a 1990 520-h last week. While going through it and checking out a loose motion control linkage, I noticed the drive belt idler bracket had worn its hole to the base of the hood stand. It sounds like it is a pretty common occurrence.

I was wondering if anyone has repaired this issue and if possible, could you post some pics? Also, like my 310-8, the rear of the hoodstand where the fender mount bolts has fatigued and cracked. Has anyone found a solution to this? Has anyone fabbed a more rugged hoodstand?

Any and all help is appreciated!

Cheers,

John

ps: I will post pics when the rain stops!

Edited May 9, 2014 by resqdiver1

[Martin 2,132]

i usually just replace the damaged metal and make the repair look good. i don't reinforce the seat pan bracket end of the hood stand as it causes problems with bolting up and fitment of the belt guard and left cover. i figure if it got to me with 20+ years of abuse, repairing it as it was from the factory and looking after the tractor when its done is going to be good enough for me.

 

i can look for some pics, don't know if i took any of the 416 hood stand repair but i think there is some in my c125 thread of that one.

Edited May 9, 2014 by Martin

[resqdiver1 2]

I'm going to take pics today. I'm thinking about welding steel flange bushings into the sheet metal of the hoodstand to be able to fit bronze flange bushings into those. I'm going to need to adjust the clearance on the e-clip slot.

John