Experience test

[Slimpickins 61]

Are you experienced enough to know what this part is? Just a little fun pic of what I had to deal with yesterday on the 16 auto. This was the first one for me.

[ebinmaine 69,842]

Did that used to be in a steering wheel?

[WVHillbilly520H 10,376]

I hate roll pins, Cub Cadet used them in their rockshafts and clutch pedals through the frames PITA period.

[rjg854 11,734]

9 minutes ago, ebinmaine said:

Did that used to be in a steering wheel?

That would be my guess also

[Ed Kennell 39,855]

I've taken some drastic measures to remove some wheels,  but never to that extreme.

[Slimpickins 61]

Yep the steel was broke in the top half of the wheel so I popped cap and it was full of rust water. 

[rmaynard 15,819]

Looks like the motion control arm that triggers the neutral switch.

[Slimpickins 61]

My thought was to cut junk wheel away with sawzaw leaving part of the spoke to turn with 2' pipe wrench.

So I fired up the hot wrench  got her hot and twisted it off no mushroomed shaft .So forgot to say i soaked for a week.

[peter lena 9,002]

slimpickins, best thing that you can do for that steering wheel roll pin , is to regularly give it an aerosol tube spray of lubricant. the natural vibration of the tractor does the rest , instead of  thinking that you can easily remove the roll pin and wheel , prepare for it weeks out . the vibration will draw in the lube , and the rust will start to track out. that vibration / lubricant  application also applies to other often neglected / rusty areas. like clutch linkage , pto linkage , snow plow linkage , guy up the road from me has been torturing his horse for years , looks like a crusty /  rusted dented scab , I do not understand it , pete 

[Slimpickins 61]

17 minutes ago, peter lena said:

slimpickins, best thing that you can do for that steering wheel roll pin , is to regularly give it an aerosol tube spray of lubricant. the natural vibration of the tractor does the rest , instead of  thinking that you can easily remove the roll pin and wheel , prepare for it weeks out . the vibration will draw in the lube , and the rust will start to track out. that vibration / lubricant  application also applies to other often neglected / rusty areas. like clutch linkage , pto linkage , snow plow linkage , guy up the road from me has been torturing his horse for years , looks like a crusty /  rusted dented scab , I do not understand it , pete 

That is a great idea. I have had the roll pin and hitch pin on the lubricanting cycle after reading for years on how much of a pita that both are on removal. PB is a great thing.