Re: (ET) Tiller season!

[Shannon Aldinger <aldinger shannon gmail com>]

Chris,
The chaincase driving the tiller shaft is not sealed, I think the
manual says to squirt oil in every two hours of operation.
There is a set screw looking adjustment screw on the front of the
chaincase for adjusting the chain tension for the tiller drive case.

I plan on doing mine up like the JD guys do their Brinly-Hardy/JD
tillers, soak the chain in gear oil and let it drip dry.
Put the chain back in the half of the chain case and pack with 1 and
1/2 pounds of good multipurpose grease, then fully reassemble the
case.

The chaindrive from the belt pulley to the clutch assembly is to be
soaked, drip dry, then wiped dry so the oil doesn't contaminate the
clutch disks.

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Mr. Shannon Aldinger

On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 1:56 PM, Chris Zach <cz alembic crystel com> wrote:
> Well, it's tiller season here at the house. Last weekend I drove the
> tractor+snowblower into the shed and this weekend I put on the tiller.
>
> Man that thing is HEAVY. And after a bit of tilling I was concerned about
> the banging so I loosened the two big bolts and adjusted the chain so it 
> was
> snug. Quieter now, which is good. But it can do in 5 minutes what it 
> would
> take me an hour to do with a pick and shovel; I wonder if I should use it
> for trenching a path for some new electrical wires....
>
> One question for the group; what kind of oil should I put in the 
> transaxle
> of the tiller and how much? Is there a tensioner in there as well; I can
> feel some slack in the chain.
>
> Chris
>
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