Once again I will take the time to point out that I am NOT and
Engineer, nor do I portray one on Television......................... ...................But has anyone else noticed that the holes on the battery compartment side panels where the rivets attach the panels to the front and rear castings are not round? Sort of oval shaped ? I see two plausible reasons for this. 1.) Ease of alignment during assembly. 2.) Allowing the front of the tractor to flex without bending the sheet metal. Under the correct uneven terrain situations, the front of the frame will bend and twist. A whole bunch. You can feel this twisting in your feet as the control cabinet moves relative to the foot plates.You can also observe relative movement between the rear edge of the hood and the control cabinet. The rear of the frame is not afforded this flexibility since the iron housing of the trans axle would take a dim view of this. GE may have had this in mind when they chose NOT to secure the front end of the sector shaft in it's support bushing with a collar and set screw.Let things twist and bend without breaking. Konstanty, Walter (GE Indust, ConsInd) wrote:
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