310-8 won't move

[Timman 6]

It's red and I'm green ,four days in and I'm still lost as to why my 310-8 won't move. First I can not find a year for it anywhere ,it's been repainted and the tags removed as far as I can find. 

While on jacks the wheels roll in all 4 gears at seemingly the right speed ,but I can easily stop them with my hand . 1 1/8 in. Axles, left one is offset out don't know why .

I did a badly needed tranny flush .I pulled the belt from a parts tractor I have ,they were the same .the tension pulley has no wobble but doesnt seem to have enough tension.like it needs a spring to pull it back.. any ideas or tips would be very appreciated.thanks for reading all this. Hope I'm posting this correctly

 

[Timman 6]

[Timman 6]

[squonk 41,105]

Make sure your keyways in the hubs and transmission input pulley are ok . And lets see a pic of the belt installed. Might just be too worn out causing the belt to bottom in the pulleys.

Edited May 25, 2022 by squonk

[squonk 41,105]

1 minute ago, squonk said:

Make sure your keyways in the hubs and transmission input pulley are ok . And lets see a pic of the belt installed. Might just be too worn out causing the belt to bottom in the pulleys.

Lube stuff after you fix the issue! 

Edited May 25, 2022 by squonk

[squonk 41,105]

Another thing. The tractor takes a 5/8" wide belt. If there's a 1/2" wide belt on there it will slip like crazy.

[gwest_ca-(File Mod) 11,041]

Is there a spec number and serial number on the engine?

[8ntruck 7,003]

Is the high/low shifter between gears?  Don't force this shift lever - shifter fork damage will occur if you do.

[wallfish 16,999]

That idler pulley for the drive belt should have a spring to apply tension to the belt. That's how it drives and clutches. You can simulate that tension by pulling back on the clutch pedal with your toe. The spring should be on the opposite side of the pulley. Near the brake drum

[Timman 6]

51 minutes ago, wallfish said:

That idler pulley for the drive belt should have a spring to apply tension to the belt. That's how it drives and clutches. You can simulate that tension by pulling back on the clutch pedal with your toe. The spring should be on the opposite side of the pulley. Near the brake drum

Yes thanks I did find that and had it adjusted back so far the clutch was almost on the floorboard.

 

5 hours ago, squonk said:

Make sure your keyways in the hubs and transmission input pulley are ok . And lets see a pic of the belt installed. Might just be too worn out causing the belt to bottom in the pulleys.

I think that is the problem .the transmission input key is good but I just realized that the wheel hub key looks to be half out maybe.

[953 nut 55,227]

Looks like you found the culprit that was stealing your power to the ground. Hope your hub was not damaged. 

[Timman 6]

5 hours ago, Timman said:

It's red and I'm green ,four days in and I'm still lost as to why my 310-8 won't move. First I can not find a year for it anywhere ,it's been repainted and the tags removed as far as I can find. 

While on jacks the wheels roll in all 4 gears at seemingly the right speed ,but I can easily stop them with my hand . 1 1/8 in. Axles, left one is offset out don't know why .

I did a badly needed tranny flush .I pulled the belt from a parts tractor I have ,they were the same .the tension pulley has no wobble but doesnt seem to have enough tension.like it needs a spring to pull it back.. any ideas or tips would be very appreciated.thanks for reading all this. Hope I'm posting this correctly 

Thanks to your  suggestions I may have found the problem.im going to look into this now.

 

 

[oliver2-44 9,748]

The bore of that hub sure looks wallowed out or the axle worn down. Let us know what you find after disassembly

[wallfish 16,999]

Looks like the key shaved a nice 45 deg bevel on the inside edge of the hub.

 

 

[Handy Don 12,217]

Normally the axle should be flush with the outside of the hub. You'll want to check for damage if the slid-in hub has been rubbing against the transaxle case.

[stevasaurus 22,738]

I hate to say this, but after 4 days of looking, you did not see this??

[Snoopy11 5,714]

As a shadows observer... I wondered how long it would take someone to verbalize that... @stevasaurus...

 

Don

[stevasaurus 22,738]

I meant no offense...only the fact that I can look at things for a long time and not see what I am looking for...and it ends up being right in front of me.  Sometimes, I will set up a lawn chair with an adult beverage and just observe the situation.  After the second adult beverage, the issue usually presents itself...but I would fix it tomorrow.    Being retired does have it's rewards.  

[Jeff-C175 7,202]

12 minutes ago, stevasaurus said:

after 4 days of looking, you did not see this?

 

A wise old man once told me; " 99% of troubleshooting is visual "

 

And over the decades I have found that to be quite true.  

 

 

[Snoopy11 5,714]

10 minutes ago, stevasaurus said:

I meant no offense

Oh absolutely not... but I will say... that would have been the first thing I would have checked...

 

10 minutes ago, stevasaurus said:

Sometimes, I will set up a lawn chair with an adult beverage and just observe the situation.  After the second adult beverage, the issue usually presents itself...but I would fix it tomorrow.

Whatchya drinkin' there, Steve... spiked brain juice...?

 

 

Don

Edited May 26, 2022 by Snoopy11

[wallfish 16,999]

1 hour ago, stevasaurus said:

I hate to say this, but after 4 days of looking, you did not see this??

It appears like whoever painted the wheels didn't notice it.

The end of the axle looks painted and it looks like the key too but it's a pic so that might all just be rust.

[squonk 41,105]

2 hours ago, stevasaurus said:

I meant no offense...only the fact that I can look at things for a long time and not see what I am looking for...and it ends up being right in front of me.  Sometimes, I will set up a lawn chair with an adult beverage and just observe the situation.  After the second adult beverage, the issue usually presents itself...but I would fix it tomorrow.    Being retired does have it's rewards.  

I usually think of the solution at 2 AM after the first adult pit stop!