You need to use epoxy. It is common to restore steering wheels on vintage autos using epoxy.
What are you currently working on??
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You need to use epoxy. It is common to restore steering wheels on vintage autos using epoxy.
I just got rid of a Woods ZTR last weekend, that I really liked a lot/ until it broke one of its Eaton 700s (it has 2) I wasn't paying $500 for an unknown quality used replacement, but I have been looking nearly 2 years for one, couldn't find any more reasonable. Used to be able to get a reman for that, not any more.... afraid to replace the one and have the one on the other side die...
can put an 1100 in place of a 700? wish Id have known that... 1100 looked too big/ I had 2 0f them sitting here collecting dust at one time, that I got rid of because I didn't have anything that took an 1100 series.... mine left here a lot cheaper than what I am finding recently.
sold them to a (used to be) "regular" from the other forum, seems shipping cost about what I got for the units.
in the meantime, I am about to try and get the tiller mounted back up to my Ariens GT that I separated back when I got the (non running) machine, it had bled down to a point it dragged the ground in the who knows how long it had sat, and I couldn't move the tractor to try and get it running.…. now that it runs its time to try it out. I got it running a few months ago and set it aside.... shouldn't have done that. still had to get the hydro shifter adjusted out on it, that took some doing.... the service manual procedure did me no good, had to overshoot one way, loosen it all and overshoot the other way, to finally narrow it down and get it where it needs to be. finally found neutral, it does go forward and backwards (before it wouldn't go backwards) but it is a very fast machine, Im worried about it being too fast for a tiller tractor.... especially compared to my other Ariens machines.
Finished up the Bolens QT16 this morning after giving it a valve job. Fired right up and ran good. Adjusted the low speed a little after it warmed up good. Finally got one of the two up and running like they are supposed to. I wish CC would have as fast a response with their lift system and Bolens does. Bolens lifts MUCH faster and higher.
After getting the pumpkins out of the garden and letting the goats in I got the EK in the shop. Loose in the center joint some place and only way to find it was to split it. Found the pin out of the yoke that allows for side to side (not turning) movement was loose in the yoke. More pieces to come off and get welded up. Right now it looks more like an "E-E-E-E-E-E-K" than it does and EK 7.
Got a hopefully permanent fix on the steering wheel for my Sears. Found some high strength JB weld epoxy so gave it a go.
Cleaned it real well with acetone, the glued it together and clamped from several directions. After about 48 hr cure time, installed it on tractor and mowed yard. Hoping to go to a plow day this weekend, see how it stands up to that test.
Cleaned it real well with acetone, the glued it together and clamped from several directions. After about 48 hr cure time, installed it on tractor and mowed yard. Hoping to go to a plow day this weekend, see how it stands up to that test.
Im havin a coffee while this 448 warms up.... while that may not seem very exciting.... a customer brought this in awhile back because it wouldnt turn over... ya I guess not... it was seized.... so just being able to drive it outside today under its own power is considerable progress, I expect it will need to be rebuilt but the fact that its running again suggests its worth while investing the time and money.
Got the 20 HP bolted in place today. Just gotta wire it in. The OM for the LT2500 does not have a wiring diagram, so gotta ohm the wires out to get it connected. Odd that the frame had holes for this engine! May get some pics for you folks tomorrow!
Just doing basic maintainence on this Toolcat today.... oil change, lube, filters, will soon be takin the mower off and putting the snow bucket on.
Got the front half of the EK back from the welding shop late yesterday. Get it back together mechanically today and started on the electrical issues. Kind of a head scratcher - side post on the solenoid was hot all the time and activated the solenoid by grounding the wire from the side post ? ? Changed the solenoid out and going back to the key switch but the wiring diagrams for this unit show a magneto ignition, not battery ignition.
Nice that it just dropped in there without alterations.
That's a really nice "tool". I like the background of your photo. Looks like you can see forever!
Yep thats the prairies...can watch the dog run away for 3 days
Last time (which was also the only time) I was in your "prairie," I was about 12 years old. I remember the great expanse, or probably what I referred to it then as, "The nothing to look at area." Fifty years later and that "nothing to look at" has become one of the most beautiful memories of life. I live approximately 50 miles West of Chicago.Yep thats the prairies...can watch the dog run away for 3 days
I consider my location to be on the "edge" of civilization... corn and beans to the West and houses to the East. Thing of it is, I find the description reversed to what most people think... the "civilized" part of where I live isn't the city. It's the crops and the great "nothingness" that they portray.
No matter what you do just every day use will work hard at breaking it again. An epoxy that is somewhat flexible would be best. I would grease the metal shaft so nothing sticks. Get your epoxy inside the splits, slide it back on then coat the outside & blend it in. It looks like you might have enough room to wrap a band of wire around the lower area to keep it tight. You could then cover that with some jb weld then sand & paint. I've seen some really old wood sleeves repaired like this with a wire wrap then covered to secure.
If I look west on a really clear day I can see the tips of the Rockies, and Ive lived on the other side of them but I grew up in Sask so the prairies are home to me..... and I like to see for miles. The Rockies were beautiful the first hundred or so trips thru them.... now I think they're just big ugly rocks you have to drive around to go anywhere... waste of gas. LOL
Bill,
West of you is ....... Iowa. Just a bunch of corn fields.
but, I'm in a suburb of MPLS. While not as large as Chicago, it's too large (for me). I prefer the forest and lakes of up North.
As a Minnesotian, I consider the "Midwest" to be the 7 state area surrounding MN, and it stops at the east side of Chicago.
Anything east of Chicago is the east coast.
Some years ago I spent a year in Detroit (trying to delay unemployment) anyway, Detroit is closer to the Atlantic ocean than to MPLS where home is.
PS, I've never seen the Atlantic, probably never will.
Dan
West of you is ....... Iowa. Just a bunch of corn fields.
but, I'm in a suburb of MPLS. While not as large as Chicago, it's too large (for me). I prefer the forest and lakes of up North.
As a Minnesotian, I consider the "Midwest" to be the 7 state area surrounding MN, and it stops at the east side of Chicago.
Anything east of Chicago is the east coast.
Some years ago I spent a year in Detroit (trying to delay unemployment) anyway, Detroit is closer to the Atlantic ocean than to MPLS where home is.
PS, I've never seen the Atlantic, probably never will.
Dan