16 Auto with welded hub

[Bar Nuthin 2,345]

8 minutes ago, WHX?? said:

I was under the understanding they were bullet proof? Maybe not?? 

I suppose it depends on the condition of the axle. Once mine spun, I think I lost enough tolerance that there was no getting the tight enough to hold. Not being able to use a key didn't help either. My keyways were wallered out terribly. The repair hubs worked great until I put them under heavy load.

[ineedanother 2,145]

5 minutes ago, WHX?? said:

Prolly your  best bet if your not afraid to tear into it. 

What kinda shape is the hub in. Guessing trashed?? 

Oh yeah, the hub is trash, and pretty much was before the "repair".

[ineedanother 2,145]

1 hour ago, WHX?? said:

Prolly your  best bet if your not afraid to tear into it. 

Interestingly, I put a hub on it so it's a roller and was able to push it (somewhat) for a couple feet at a time as it very lightly went "thub thub thub thub thub" from the hydro. Likely each piston crossing the wash plate and leaking enough to let me push farther. I'll swap this one out and clean up the surfaces when I get the time and motivation 

[ebinmaine 78,437]

11 hours ago, ineedanother said:

Hey Eric, do you happen to know by spec or otherwise how to identify that? I'm definitely curious.

 

There's certain year/make/models that always had Limited Slip Differential and of course,  didn't. 

 

To the best of my knowledge no 1960s 3 speed or 1970s 4 speed was Limited Slip except the early cone types used around 1964/5 (?)

 

Anything from 1974 up was an open differential. 4 or 8 speed. 

 

All 1967 - 69 six speeds are Limited Slip. 

1965 - 1969 Hydros I'm not sure. 

I believe  (?????)  all the 8 speeds & Sundstrand Hydros in 1970 to 72 are also Limited Slip Differential.  

 

Where it gets iffy is 1972 and 73. 

 

@stevasaurus might be able to narrow down those years.  

[midpack 1,135]

12 hours ago, ineedanother said:

I've not seen that and would be interested if you have any current insight...

Search electric pto engagement mod.

Here's what I used

 

[kpinnc 17,980]

15 hours ago, midpack said:

Here's what I used

 

I have used these as well. Mine has been working great on my zero turn for 5+ years with no issues. 

 

They are more expensive than they used to be, but worth it. 

[Bill D 2,783]

What do you hook up to the tach input?  Is there an additional part you need?

[WHX?? 56,241]

Another question for you electric PTO guys. When you engage it what is your throttle setting? idle? half throttle? 

7 hours ago, kpinnc said:

working great on my zero turn

Mine about bucks me off when i flip the switch. 

[pfrederi 20,352]

25 minutes ago, WHX?? said:

Another question for you electric PTO guys. When you engage it what is your throttle setting? idle? half throttle? 

Mine about bucks me off when i flip the switch. 

 

I have to use an electric PTO with my sweepster as the C-175 she is on has a very tired out KT-17 from a JD 317.  Just above idle and it is still a bit rough

[ineedanother 2,145]

23 hours ago, midpack said:

 

Here's what I used

 

Definitely worth considering. I know I'm talking apples to oranges here, but I installed a soft-start on my older air conditioning unit on my house in order to run on generator and the LRA went from over 90A to under 10! Not cheap but worth it. Opinions regarding extending the life of the unit vary but I can't imagine it not being positive. 35 y/o 2 ton Carrier.

Edited 2 hours ago by ineedanother

[Bar Nuthin 2,345]

1 hour ago, pfrederi said:

I have to use an electric PTO with my sweepster

I would imagine that Sweepster takes some pretty good torque to set in motion. 

[kpinnc 17,980]

2 hours ago, WHX?? said:

Another question for you electric PTO guys. When you engage it what is your throttle setting? idle? half throttle? 

 

The soft start controller senses engine RPM and engages accordingly. It's like antilock brakes. Engages with pulses beforehand.