Re: (ET) Gear pops

["Mike Wallace" <metman glasgow-ky com>]

If at all possible, make sure new belts are a matched set.  There should be 
some sort of identification/numbers that indicate the belts were made off 
the same mold to insure they are exactly the same size.  If you buy from an 
industrial power transmission supply house, they will know exactly what to 
order.

Mike in KY
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Matthew callahan" <callahanrc hotmail com>
To: <elec-trak cosmos phy tufts edu>
Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2007 8:12 PM
Subject: Re: (ET) Gear pops


> David,
>
> Get new belts onto your ET when you do the transaxle swap.  From what I
> hear, you won't be able to do it with the transaxle on since the pulley is
> too close to the frame to slip one through.
>
> My belts are slipping and burning more and more now when I'm trying to 
> drive
> through a few inches of snow.  Time for me to pull those tired old belts 
> off
> the I-5 and buy the new NAPA ones that Dave Stensland put on his.  NAPA
> #NBH3VX335 which he says can be ordered online.  He also recommends
> adjusting the brakes while they're down.  Hell, go for the gold and order
> new brake pads from Harold if you're going to do this, god knows I need
> those new pads myself too.
>
> Matt
>
>
> > From: "David Roden" <etpost drmm net>
> > Reply-To: noaddress drmm net
> > To: elec-trak cosmos phy tufts edu
> > Subject: (ET) Gear pops
> > Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2007 23:14:28 -0500
> >
> > I usually plow snow in D1 gear.  We have a fair bit of it right now (snow,
> > I
> > mean); nothing like NY but still enough that I actually (finally) had to
> > get
> > the tractor out.
> >
> > The white stuff is pretty heavy and wet, and takes a lot of effort to 
> > shove
> > around.  Every now and then, when I was pushing a lot of snow, the
> > transaxle
> > would pop out of D1.  (Good thing that's not a series motor, or I would
> > have
> > scattered commutator bars all over the driveway.)  I could hold it in gear
> > by hand, but what a nuisance.
> >
> > I guess this is one of those things that I should know, but don't.  What
> > causes this?  How do I fix it?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> >
> > David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA
> >
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