Re: (ET) Now it's the steering

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

 Chris,
 My never has failed procedure:
 Remove 2 bolts holding the front pillow block. Side pillow block off the 
front of the shaft. Remove cotter pin from rear of shaft. Loosen and slide 
collar down that is on the steering wheel shaft. Pull steering wheel shaft 
up out of rear pillow block. Remove 2 bolts holding the rear pillow block. 
Now, on most early models, and I think yours may be, you will probably 
have to loosen the lower control panel (the one holding the contactors) to 
achieve the room needed to maneuver your assembly out. The later models 
had a shorter shaft from the cotter pin hole back, which allows for easier 
removal of the rear pillow block, as I recall. You could shorten yours....
 Sincerely,
 Harold Zimmerman

On December 9, 2019 at 10:41am -0500, you wrote:

>So after getting the motor all fixed, transmission all lubed it's time
>to blow some leaves. And I notice the steering is skipping a lot.
>
>Of course.
>
>Simple fix, go under the tractor, remove the cotter pin holding the
>steering washers to the sector shaft, replace a washer or two, and
>you're fine. Except of course the cotter pin is frozen in place.
>
>Of course.
>
>So after breaking it I have to drive out the wreckage. Not enough room
>under the tractor to do this, so I proceed to take out the sector shaft.
>Remove the pulley bearing, remove the linkages to the front wheels, and
>the shaft can't come off because it hits the tractor frame beam before
>you have clearance.
>
>Of.... whatever.
>
>So I start to remove the sector gear mounting bolts. Two of them, and
>you have to get inside the tractor to hold the nut while turning the
>bolts. One did come off, but the other is on the right side of the
>tractor and any socket I put in there is blocked by the right side
>contactors.
>
>Question: Is it possible to remove the sector shaft and gear from the
>tractor so I can drive out that rusted pin, or does one have to also
>drive out the pin on the sector gear holding *it* to the shaft? If so it
>might be easier for me to cut the shaft in half with my cutting tools,
>drive out the rusted pin, and weld in a new shaft or something.....
>
>Mouse, cookie.
>
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