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I ordered some stuff from Wheel Horse Parts and More and thought the shipment was short. Sent a text and received almost immediate response. As it turned out the problem was on my end. Joette helped with the issue. Thanks, JoeM In today's world we pretty much hear the bad and hardly any of the good stuff. Just wanted to share.

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Changed out the TU pulley on Frankie. I has a few of these plastic ones. JD uses them and my son has a 324 that has them on the hydro pulley. I know he has to be pushing 500 hours with no issues. I put one on the hydro and I must say they are smooth. Very smooth. Now I know why they are used by JD.

Is your transmission oil filled up to the mark on the dipstick? Is the drive belt tensioner pushing the belt down to tighten it? Draw a line across the rear hub and axle on both sides then attempt to drive the tractor, stop and look at the lines. If one of the lines is no longer aligned then the axle key or the hub is broken. Hope this helps.

Care to post your list.

Not really to, but with: The first post I couldn't get balanced on the dolly well because there wasn't enough room to work, so I had to leave it attached to the engine crane too. The whole thing was too heavy and unbalanced for me to push up the ramp to the garage by myself, so I got to thinking about my options. The 855 has the plow on, plows are for pushing things. Fired it up and set the plow at the right height to engage the base of the post, and up the hill we went. Do we have a "What have you done WITH your WH today?" thread?

Look what I found in mail today. New decal for HY2 lift lever on 1257. Cant wait to see what it looks like on tractor. How lucky are we to have a member like @Vinylguy as a member here?????

My wife and I had friends that left Tonowanda NY and moved to RI. She referred to a foot of snow here as a "dusting"! She also mentioned that it was common back home to make a line item in your Will as to who inherits the Ariens Snowblower.!!

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Your reasoning behind that? When a new to comes in here that is the first thing that comes off for a few reasons. Bit easier to service tractor.. Skools me on taking it on and off. Most if not all decks were designed to be easily taken on and off. Procedure should be in the deck manual. Best way to inspect/service deck.

No problem for the tractor, but my material handling training taught me to never put a body part under a suspended load.

What in the fresh #$*@ is this? Gone once the sun peeked out, roads clear. Stuff still shutdown or delayed. Watch the forecast. If we get over an inch, grab a buddy or two, a sixer and head over with a sharpened stick. You could take over the entire state.

After thinking about the three options for removing the bearing race I decided to first try 953 nut's suggestion first. I fabricated a metal plate using 3/8" x 4" x 4" plate and drilled a bunch of holes in it. After looking through my bin of pullers I found a two armed puller that I could bolt directly to the plate. Normally a two armed puller would not be a good application for pulling something like this but bolted to the plate kept it stabilized. It took maybe an hour to fab the plate and about 5 minutes to get the bearing race off. It worked even better than I had hoped for. The only thing I didn't anticipate was the main motor drive pulley is part of the clutch disc. I thought they were separate, so when the drive pulley came off with the plate I was a little surprised. Thanks for all the help!

Well it lives! I left Ewan with an axle bolted on, he’s done the clutch and got it running. next step will be a test drive. Might be a run out with C4 and some extreme testing 6C4FCCBD-20EA-45AD-BE02-F5A70638B51A.mov

That looks correct to me. I added a chunk of rubber to stiffen each spring. I also add a piece of rubber for the springs to rest on. Make sure you leave a hole for the seat switch.

That is North Carolina reaction. We lived in Bowling Green Ky. for a number of years. It seemed to be standard procedure to shut everything down when snow was forecast. We grew up in Michigan. It took a minimum of 7" or 8" of snow to start thinking about shutting things down.

Do check to see if either the keyway in the hub or the keyseat in the axle are wallowed out... if so, just replacing the woodruff key is not a long term fix.

Next place to check is the pulley and key on the input shaft of the transmission. Possible missing bolt, set screw or key.

Hydraulic hoses #905 Viton O rings. Hydraulic hoses #905 Viton O rings installed. Hydraulic halve and hoses as removed. Make sure to install the hoses the same as removed or the hydraulics will work backwards (don't ask how I know). O rings on hydraulic hoses oiled then screwed tightly into valve.

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Yes that's correct. I wasn't sure which one you had. I've definitely done that. Just a note here for those in the future looking at adding spacers. Wheel Horse has 7/16 inch lugs. Every space or I've ever seen around this size has half inch lugs. Use a half inch drill to just touch the holes in the wheel. You're barely removing any material and it does not seem to affect anything structurally. I've done this to half a dozen sets of Wheels probably. I usually find one or two of the holes are already at half inch anyway.

Best to NOT try to use a floor jack under the middle of the axle, as there is an angled grease zerk fitting there - very easy to snap it off. I use a lifting strap around the frame near the engine - the top of the strap goes to a come-along on an overhead beam in the garage... Doing so it is then in the correct position to grease the axle pivot & spindles.....

Hello Ralph, Pack up 6 pairs of that $350 underwear and one of those cute little grass mowers! Have it delivered to my penthouse today. LOL

At our end of North Carolina there are so many steep winding roads with a drop off on one side and solid rock on the other side that it doesn't take much snow to bring things to a halt. We had only one snow worth plowing last winter. I cleared our driveway and a few hundred feet of our road to the top of the first hill. It remained very cold and by the time the NCDOT got around to coming down our remote road the snow had melted and refrozen into a mile of ice. I had to take my wife for a doctors appointment before the ice melted but having grown up in New York's snow belt I knew how to deal with it.

Yep. The “Back Mountain” of NE Pennsylvania was the same but a heavy icing or freezing rain was a different story.

It's all good now guy's Thanks again Hey neighbor , Good to see yer still around

Another vote for pulling the deck. Good way to inspect the frame at the transmission mount, or “f plate” as well.

Looks like a 1978 or 1979 model. Fuel tank under the seat. Engine horse power with hydro transmission will identify the model number.

ACE Hardware should have them.

Good ones should they are a common key but these days you never know what stores stock

Would a hardware store have them?

Ok, Found the problem,Keyway must have let loose, axle spins in the hub. Now to track down a key .Thanks again

There used to be one and it disappeared for some reason. Perhaps @nylyon or @Sparky remembers why.... That was when this particular thread was started. I've kind of gotten into the habit over the years that, if I used my Wheelhorse it goes in this thread. If I didn't use my Wheelhorse it goes in the other thread, "What did you do today?"

The model number will help us determine the problem and how to fix it. Drive belt is a start. Wow, that Richard is quick. I guess old geezers think alike.

The wheel weights ...

Some of the observed differences Mower DNA 42" rear discharge 1976 model 65-42MR01 replaced by - (Has the flat spindle belt idler pulley mounted on a triangular plate.) - (Has multi-link hardware at the gauge wheel support) 1977 model 75-42MR01 - Both use blades with 5/8" x 3/4" double-D center hole unless the spindles have been upgraded. (Has the flat spindle belt idler pulley mounted on a triangular plate) - (Has multi-link hardware at the gauge wheel support) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- These all use blades with 3/4" center hole. 1977 model 75-42MR02 replaced by - (Has the flat spindle belt idler pulley mounted on a flat bar) (Has multi-link hardware at the gauge wheel support) 1978 model 85-42MR01 - (Has the flat spindle belt idler pulley mounted on a flat bar) (Has multi-link hardware at the gauge wheel support) 1979 model 95-42MR01 - Shares an illustrated parts list with 85-42MR01 - (Has the flat spindle belt idler pulley mounted on a flat bar) (Has multi-link hardware at the gauge wheel support) 1979 model 95-42MR02 - (Has no multi-link hardware at the gauge wheel support) 1980-1983 model 05-42MR01 1984 model 05-42MR02 - Last year for bearings with 3/4" ID 1985 model 05-42MR03 - First year for bearings with 17mm ID unless older spindles were updated. 1986-1988 model 05-42MR04 1989-1990 model 15-42RC01 1990-1992 model 15-42RC02 1993-2012 model 78350 Note - 17mm is .669" With each file description page are thumbnails showing the spindle assemblies used - the original and any that replaced the originals. Compare them to what you have and all three may be different if a replacement has taken place.

Hydraulic fittings and new #906 Viton O rings. Hydraulic fittings new #906 Viton O rings installed. Backup washer and nut screwed out until O ring is just contacted. This is the position to screw the fitting in and still have room to tighten the nut ensuring the O ring stays in the proper place on the fitting and not pushed into threaded areas. Hydraulic fittings ready to install into the valve. Valve has new #111 Viton O rings already installed. This is a picture I took of the valve as removed showing fitting orientation. Hydraulic fittings installed after oiling O rings, and orientated roughly the same as removed. This will make installation of the valve easier (I hope).

I'll have the tie rods. You're all set there. As far as the axle pivot, at the recommendation of others on Red Square I purchased a reamer a while back. If I recall correctly it goes to 7/8 inch so I buy bushings that are 7/8 by 3/4. Not sure if a 520 is the same. I believe so. The steering gear backlash, there are a couple of great threads here on Red Square about that repair. I can get them out of my notes and post them here later.

I cannot lie... I like big backs!

C141 has a drum for the brake. C160 does not. C160 has more space, if anything.

Thanks Guys. My 416 is going to foot control so removed those spring washers. There should be two dome shaped washers that go in facing each other for spring action. I wonder if your is missing one or they are just facing the same direction and stacked. Likely either way will work so long as you can get the proper drag when tightened as shown below.

After 6 years, the search for the Burns engine is over! As far as I know it's the correct spec for the tractor, little bit newer than it but it's a 6 hp with the old style flywheel shroud which was really what I was looking for. Air cleaner is completely disintegrating and the pull start is gummy but it has compression so I'm hopeful. Excited to get it running to finally get this tractor going again!

I have two Sunstrands. One on a '73 with a K341 and 10 pinion L/S that will spin both rears with lugged tires. The other came on a '75 c-160 that was run hard. Busted F-bracket and trashed keyways in both axles. It seemed good internally with clean fluid so I tore it down and replaced the axles. The pump and motor were in great shape so I just cleaned up the slippers and it's a spare now, likely good for many more years if I ever need it.

Worked on restoring the headlights on the 522xi. I had good luck with the headlight reflector, but not quite as good with the lens. For the reflector, after cleaning and a light bead blasting to roughen the surface slightly, I sprayed it with "Rust-Oleum Automotive 600 Degree Aluminum Engine Enamel," which is great paint. It's quite shiny and adheres really well, although the overspray is messy as it sticks to everything within several feet of where you're spraying. I then top-coated it with "Rust-Oleum Automotive 600 Degree Gloss Clear Engine Enamel." I think the reflector is 'almost' as reflective as the original surface, and it should hold up well. The headlight lens is much better than it was before (brownish yellow, almost opaque, and heavily oxidized), but it's still rather milky after I spent almost two hours polishing it halfway to China, using all kinds of approaches, including progressively finer sandpaper, headlight restorer kit, polishing compounds, wax, etc. I think the milkiness is very deep, so I guess I'll either have to put up with it or buy a new or used replacement lens. New ones are still available, but kind of expensive. By contrast, the headlight lens on my GT18 (the same kind of lens) cleaned up beautifully (below) and is crystal clear. I guess my 522xi must have spent a lot more time outside in the sun than the GT18.

Installed 3d printed chute retainers and motor cover on the XI

Today, I looked at them does that count?

PennDOT did find a use for the obsolete snow plows. I see them following the flair mowers and plowing the brush off to the sides.

Here I have a mini bulb in it and was barely able to twist bulb to secure it in socket. May work as long as the light projects out of the lense out

@ebinmaine My 160 has brake drum it's an 8 speed, are you thinking of an auto with no drum? I did just notice @JoeM c141 has fuel tank under seat and mine is mounted under hood, might make a difference? My 160 has a separate clutch and brake pedal, idk if that makes a difference are not, but if I forget what I'm doing will about run over stuff forgetting to mash brake .