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Ah -
Never-Seize!! The breakfast of champions! I have a 1 pint can - a
life time supply. Be sure to use it when mating anything to
aluminum. I have saved many old VW owners much agony and threaded inserts
by the simple application of a drop or two to the threads of a spark plug.
Lots of applications around the tractor. And good luck getting it off you
after you smear a little on.
Pieter
I believe the frozen castor is a common problem, esp.
when they've been sitting unused out in the rain (like mine was). Being too
cheap to but new ones, I resurrected mine. It wan't too bad. I beat the
old ones apart, ground down the mushroomed end (from smacking it), and wire
brushed it. The old shaft was pitted, but we're talking about .0001 RPM for
the caster swivel, so I think that's ok. The odd thing (at least on the cast
parts) is the nylon bushing is an odd size. I forget the exact dimensions, but
I think the swivel itself is like 3/4" which is good, but the bore in the
casting was odd, like .980. A standard bushing would be 3/4" ID and 1"
OD so I just drilled the casting out to 1". Bushings were less than a
buck each I think. I used new SS bolts in the wheels and slathered every
moving part with Never-Seize. Works like a champ now.
SteveS
E12S
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Sent: Tuesday, May 07, 2002 12:13
PM
Subject: RE: (ET) Shock repair
follow-up
My
deck has the smaller diameter single roller in the front as well as the
larger caster wheels in the front and the long roller in the back. The
kicker is that the larger casters had the swivel shaft rust solid - so they
don't exactly swivel... I had to cut off the old wheels and "forks"
and buy some swivel caster to bolt onto the plates left - it works, but is a
bit of a kludge - probably time to call Bill Gunn and fix it
right...
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- joe
Joseph Rock
E-15 & MagnaTrac Hydro 5000 in Colorado
Well good to know, the tilt up does occur to others. My
rear rollers are pretty worn, so that may be contributing to the problem.
Mine has the cast aluminum casters and they are nice. It looks like I also
had a front roller but it broke off (or was 'removed') at some
point.
SteveS
E12S
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Sent: Tuesday, May 07, 2002 9:22
AM
Subject: RE: (ET) Shock repair
follow-up
I
have seen one mount at the deck pull right through (decks tend to get
rusty; you can make a sheet metal brace) and then the other side BEND at
the weld without breaking.
The
deck does indeed tip up easily. I have thought about putting a
light chain on the bottom and snapping it to the frame, but my real
suspicion is that the problem is the back roller is either too small in
diameter or doesn't extend all the way to the end. I have noticed
it usually catches near the outside edge.
As
far as the front casters; I have seen 3 different designs. The
most interesting (to me) was an die-cast-aluminum design that weighed a
lot less. Easier on the lift I suppose. In addition, two of
the decks I have owned had a FRONT roller as well as the back one; 3 did
not. The front roller is about 6" wide and mounted dead-center in
front. These are the decks I kept as they don't
dig-in.
Larry
Elie
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