By
drewd
I am working on a 1987 416-8 that I picked up a couple of years ago. I bought it from the widow of the PO. It was obvious that it had been stored outside in the past and PO had repainted etc., but this machine had seen some use for sure! Motor sounds good and the tranny does not make noise so I am fixing it up a bit for a worker at my camp.
I am working on the manual lift linkage now and need some advice on how far I can or should take this. The spring in the handle was frozen when I got the machine but I got it lubed up and working again. However, it's a bit lazy on the uptake. Also, there is some play on the handle side of the lift. With the weak spring and sloppy bushing on the same side the lift will not lock in place once lifted. You can get it to catch but if wiggled a bit it simply drops. PO told me they just left it down. I cannot get the handle of the shaft. I drove the pin out and am soaking it now in hope some heat will help after a day or two. I did get the push lever out and picked up a new spring. I would really like to replace the bushing on the handle side if possible. The sheet metal does not look out of round and neither does the bushing but you can see that the bushing is slightly smaller than the hole in the metal so it has play on that side. Neither the metal or bushing looks uneven from wear. The bushing on the right side is pressed in the sheet metal pretty well and is still tight on the shaft. If I cannot get the handle off the shaft without damage to the sheet metal I was thinking of trying to work in a shim around the bushing to take up the slack. Has anyone had this issue? Any ideas?
Thanks!
