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Re: (ET) Leaf vacuum attachment



I've been off grid for a few weeks, and I'm just reading about your project now.   Go Chris!

I had to build the stab-mounted rear frame from vague pictures, and it's an important piece.  Steve Naugler mounted the blower on the back of his E15 without it, but I didn't like the cart grinding against the blower housing on turns.  I'm glad Harold was able to find you one.

I'm using 6" (I think!) wire reinforced transparent hoses which makes it theoretically easier to spot clogs (which I haven't had) and lets me monitor the flow of chopped leaves at a glance.  The hose runs from the front mower deck along the right side of the tractor and up over the rear fender and has very little ground clearance but doesn't drag.  Works GREAT, but would probably be even better with a belly mower.

My big leaf collection trailer is pretty rusty and I'm planning to cut the cap/hood down to fit my slightly smaller cart and scrap the big one.  The big one holds vast quantities of chopped leaves, but I'm tired of having two carts cluttering up the stable... I have to drag everything out to work on my casting foundry.

The chopper turbine blade is very heavy, and the better balanced it is, the happier you will be, I think. Vibration is an issue, and noise too. I strongly recommend you spend some extra time on careful balancing (although I haven't any techniques to share, Steve did mine).

--Charlie

On Wed, Jul 31, 2019, 9:33 PM Chris Zach <cz alembic crystel com> wrote:
Ok, I think I have a good clue. Goska linked to a post about the
bearings which states that the drive motors used 6203 and 6205 bearings.
RJ sent over a PDF document which showed the breakdown of the motor types.

It looks like this is an e10M motor which uses the same bearings as the
large mower motors. I can tell this because unlike the E8M motor this
one has the armature go all the way to the fan attachment. So according
to the PDF, this motor uses the 1007 and 1008 bearings.

So if the right bearings are 6203 and 6205 bearings then I should just
buy a case of them and swap out the bearings on my older deck motors and
this one. Then on to the next problem.

Chris

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