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Re: (ET) Adjusting blade springs?



Hey Dave -

Mine are as tight as i could get them and they only trip when i push into something big. I would not worry about bending the chassis. Yours sound way too loose.


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> Message: 2
> Date: Wed, 02 Feb 2011 13:06:10 -0500
> From: "David Roden" <etpost drmm net>
> To: elec-trak cosmos phy tufts edu
> Subject: (ET) Adjusting blade springs?
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> We've had freezing rain and snow dumped on us here the last couple of days,
> and I've been out in some of that pushing the slush around. This is the
> wettest stuff I've ever tried to plow. I found that I had to run the E15's
> dozer blade at 45 degrees and push only about a 6" wide strip at a time, or
> the blade's release springs would dump it. It took a LOT of runs down the
> driveway to more-or-less clear it out.
>
> Anybody know how much I can safely tighten up those release springs? Is
> there any specification or way to measure how easily the blade should
> deflect under pressure? I don't want to risk bending the ET's chassis, of
> course.
>
> Thanks.
>
>
> David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA
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