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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. > > 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? > Message-ID: <4D4956C2 21747 D11C35 etpost drmm net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII > > 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 >***************************** |