RE: (ET) Popped shock

["Elie, Larry (L.D.)" <lelie ford com>]

That usually happens when you back up with the deck over a stump or 
something of the kind.  The assembly was compressed and a 1" long roll-pin 
was originally in the hole, holding the spring partially compressed.  If 
you back up with something tied to the deck, you are pulling directly on 
the roll pin.  Rust also helps.  Sometimes the pin comes out easy, 
sometimes it is VERY hard to drill out.  Replace with a roll-pin NOT a 
hardened dowel-pin; the dowel still can break and it is much harder to get 
out.

Larry Elie


-----Original Message-----
From: Christopher Zach [mailto:czach computer org]
Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2002 8:00 PM
To: Elec-trak
Subject: (ET) Popped shock


So this evening while mowing I checked the deck and found that one of the
shocks that normally connect the deck to the tractor was in 2 parts. Not
broken, but it looks like whatever kept the inside of the shock from 
sliding
all the way out is no longer there.

What keeps the shock together, and what am I missing?

Chris