Re: (ET) FRont Steering bearing replacement

["Harold Zimmerman - Clean Power Supply" <cleanpower att net>]

 Steve,
 I would also avoid removing the entire assembly if possible. If you 
remove the two 5/16" bolts holding the front bearing in place you should 
be able to remove the pressed steel pieces leaving only the ball on the 
shaft. You should then be able to tap the ball forward off the shaft using 
a punch and hammer if necessary. The pressed steel pieces were a weak spot 
on those. I have new assemblies that are made with thicker steel if you 
need one.
 Sincerely,
 Harold Zimmerman
 Clean Power Supply
 Supplier of parts for General Electric Elec-Trak, New Idea and Wheel 
Horse Electric Tractors.
 Ephrata PA
 717-859-4234

On January 31, 2016 at 7:18pm -0500, stevesgroups verizon net wrote:

> I was thinking that, but the bearing got so beat up thrashing around I 
> can't seem to to budge it. I thought I'd just take the assembly off and 
> work on it right side up in a warm workshop.
>
>Yeah I looked thru the archives and I see others have had problems with 
>removal. But it's not clear to me what the trick is. Maybe the having the 
>front bearing  stuck on doesn't help.
>
>-SteveS
>
>On 01/31/16, Nick Skinner<kc2dzb nycap rr com> wrote:
>
>The front pillow block bearing can be slid out the front without removing
>the shaft. I've done a few that way. Removing the moon gear and shaft is 
>not
>easy.
>
>Nick
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: stevesgroups verizon net
>Sent: Sunday, January 31, 2016 5:55 PM
>To: elec-trak cosmos phy tufts edu
>Subject: (ET) FRont Steering bearing replacement
>
>I got my snowblower working better; the belt was pretty loose. I noticed
>that my steering was getting pretty sloppy though so I pulled it into the
>barn to take a look. The front bearing of my E20 is held in by a stamped
>pillow block which had fallen apart. So I'm following the directions to 
>pull
>the gear and sector assembly that the bearing is mounted to. I cannot get
>the assembly out. I can get the rear of the shaft to come out of the rear
>bracket but then the rear bracket is caught under the teeth of the sector
>gear which prevents the sector assembly from coming down or the rear 
>bracket
>from being pulled up and out.
>
>Is there some trick to this?
>
>SteveS
>
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