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Re: (ET) steering spindle sticking
No, it has to be mail ordered, and usually from your area's distributor.
This shop uses so much for various things that I get it by the case. The
MA distributor is out of business, retired. If I weren't 'semi retired'
myself woulda taken that distributorship over from him.
When you order, get a couple of cans. This will average the shipping
down.
On Tue, 11 Jul 2006 22:30:19 -0400 "Banks, Michael J."
<mbanks protopower com> writes:
> Did a quick search on-line for the Gibbs rust breakfree stuff, and
> found
> places to order it. Do you know if any chain stores carry it?
> Napa
> Autoparts, Home Depot, Lowes, etc?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David C Robie [mailto:mycroftxx1 juno com]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2006 9:14 PM
> To: Banks, Michael J.
> Cc: elec-trak cosmos phy tufts edu
> Subject: Re: (ET) steering spindle sticking
>
> On anything like this, I use the best 'rust breakfree' product I
> have
> ever fopund, and that is Gibbs. The stuff is expensive but well
> worth
> it if you are into old mechanical items. It gotta soak in there for
> a
> while, 5 or 10 minutes. WD40 is useless it don't creep hardly at
> all.
> Just spray it on the top of the spindle where the joint is and let
> it
> creep in there.
> I do not recommend heat unless it's a last resort. Chances it
> ain't
> galled (yet) but if it is, Gibbs will help that too. As to
> dissasemble,
> Don't think you'll have to, based on past experience with other
> tractors.
>
> As to the 'gear stripping'. It's a safety valve. If it gets to be
> too
> loose and strips a lot, there is a casting underneath that holds the
> sector gear and you will find too much front to back play in the
> shaft
> for that gear. Shim the shaft that goes to the front of the
> tractor.
> Sometimes excessive stripping is caused by too much up and down play
> in
> the steering wheel's shaft. Undo the collar that holds it down and
> reset it upwards a bit. Proper play you should have a little less
> than
> 1/8 turn of the steering wheel before the bars at the front shows
> motion.
>
> Dave
> Weymouth MA
>
> On Tue, 11 Jul 2006 08:42:55 -0400 "Banks, Michael J."
> <mbanks protopower com> writes:
> > My father-in-law's neighbor was getting rid of his E-12. He was
> the
> > original owner. My father-in-law said he would take it and gave
> it
> > to
> > me. I have had it about 2 months now.
> > I love it, so does my 2 and 1/2 year old son. Anyways....
> >
> > It had been working fine, then this Saturday while I was mowing,
> the
> > steering started to get very tight. It went from working fine
> to
> > I
> > couldn't turn more than a quarter of the usually steering travel.
> > After doing some searching on the internet I thought that it
> hadn't
> > been
> > greased recently. So I jacked up the front end. I couldn't
> > turn
> > the wheel off the ground. I disconnected the left (when sitting
> on
> > the
> > tractor) spindle from the steering wheel. I couldn't move the
> > spindle
> > by hand more than a quarter of the travel. So I greased the
> > spindle
> > and grease came out the bottom but not the top. Adding grease
> > allowed
> > the spindle to move from the steering wheel when it was off the
> > ground.
> > Once I put it back down on the ground it got tight again and the
> > steering wheel would skip teeth. I then greased the other side
> > and
> > grease came out the top and the bottom.
> >
> > Currently, If the tractor is moving I can turn the wheels. It is
>
> > tight
> > but they turn. If it is stopped, the wheels will turn but it
> will
> > skip
> > teeth in the steering wheel gear.
> >
> > I then jacked the tractor up again, took the wheel off and took
> the C
> > clip of the top of the spindle. I couldn't get the spindle out.
> >
> > To make a long story short. Any advice on getting the spindle
> out
> > of
> > the front end? Or Any advice on the tight steering in general?
> >
> >
> > Thanks
> > Mike Banks
> > New Happy Owner of an E-12
> > Connecticut
> >
>
>