SylvanLakeWH 30,228 #25301 Posted Sunday at 08:12 PM 3 hours ago, Wishin4a416 said: Ive plowed 3 times Ed and no problems yet. I just hit the button real quick and it lifts about 3 inches. Which is what my manual lift did. It has the wireless remote. As soon as you let off the button it stops. Fingers crossed. Same technique for mine... 3rd season and going great! 7 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cafoose 3,551 #25302 Posted Monday at 01:59 AM The steering on my GT-14 FEL I got from @fast88pu a few years ago at the Big Show was skipping teeth and unpredictable I investigated and found the housing support for the steering shaft was broken. I have a parts GT-14 that had a good support on it so I "borrowed" it Top one in picture is broken. Bottom one is the good one. It came off the donor easily but it's a tight fit getting it on the FEL tractor. I found the starter shield on the shroud is in the way. I started to remove it for better access and it won't come off I removed all the bolts I found that held it on and it wiggles but won't pull off 3 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bar Nuthin 2,095 #25303 Posted Monday at 02:17 AM 17 minutes ago, cafoose said: it wiggles but won't pull off Did you try pulling harder? 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cafoose 3,551 #25304 Posted Monday at 04:27 PM 14 hours ago, Bar Nuthin said: Did you try pulling harder? 14 hours ago, cafoose said: I started to remove it for better access and it won't come off I removed all the bolts I found that held it on and it wiggles but won't pull off Dummy me didn't realize I needed to remove the flywheel screen for it to come off Got the new steering tower in place and started reassembling everything 1 2 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pfrederi 19,546 #25305 Posted Monday at 08:36 PM Finished the fuel system today for testing purposes. New pump lines filter. Starts and runs well at full throttle still a little pop at idle but it is too cold out to spend much time fine tuning,. Ran in all gears Hi/Lo. up and down the drive way (see snow on tires, there are no pics of the test run. Ass't camera person doesn't come out when it is this cold ). Really wondering about the one rear axle it sticks out just over an inch from the hub. The hub is up against the tranny housing just like the other side. Wonder if some PO replaced the axle with a longer one from a 6 spd and if so why??? 3 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TonyToro Jr. 2,250 #25306 Posted Monday at 10:12 PM (edited) Got some snow between yesterday and today. Decided to do one pass last night on our driveway. Then did final pass and did my plow account about 20 minutes ago. 415BB428-68EE-4462-B3FC-C93255AE4408.mov Edited Monday at 10:13 PM by TonyToro Jr. 10 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cafoose 3,551 #25307 Posted Monday at 10:52 PM 6 hours ago, cafoose said: Dummy me didn't realize I needed to remove the flywheel screen for it to come off Got the new steering tower in place and started reassembling everything All back together and steering like new 2 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 76,673 #25308 Posted Monday at 11:10 PM 2 hours ago, pfrederi said: Really wondering about the one rear axle it sticks out just over an inch from the hub. The hub is up against the tranny housing just like the other side. Wonder if some PO replaced the axle with a longer one from a 6 spd and if so why??? A 6 or 8 speed transmission should have a good inch of axle shaft showing between the back of the hub and the transmission case. If the other side is flush to the outside of the hub AND touching the transmission case... that's the short axle. Not original. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kpinnc 16,705 #25309 Posted Monday at 11:17 PM 3 minutes ago, ebinmaine said: Not original. Probably the original got chewed up at the bearing and the PO replaced with the wrong part. There are a bunch of different ones that can (obviously) be made to work. PO may have checked the Toro price and just used what he had instead- once he woke up and got up off the floor... 1 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sqrlgtr 1,895 #25310 Posted Monday at 11:44 PM 51 minutes ago, cafoose said: All back together and steering like new good to see ya aint lost your touch 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Easton Rich 819 #25311 Posted yesterday at 01:31 AM Hehe... I bought another one Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rjg854 12,744 #25312 Posted yesterday at 02:48 PM 13 hours ago, Easton Rich said: Hehe... I bought another one pictures Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sqrlgtr 1,895 #25313 Posted yesterday at 03:49 PM 59 minutes ago, rjg854 said: pictures He has been around long enough to know the rule! NO pics Din't happen. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lynnmor 8,420 #25314 Posted 7 hours ago Did my civic duty today. We are getting new neighbors across the road and I saw them struggling to clear the now packed snow from the driveway with plastic shovels. I asked if I might help and then plowed it down to the tire tracks that I couldn't get under. Turns out the father has a 416-8 ,with many attachments, that he might bring over when he gets the missing parts. I just didn't want them to be unprepared for the possible big snow coming Sunday. 1 4 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Blue Chips 580 #25315 Posted 1 hour ago 5 hours ago, lynnmor said: Did my civic duty today. We are getting new neighbors across the road and I saw them struggling to clear the now packed snow from the driveway with plastic shovels. I asked if I might help and then plowed it down to the tire tracks that I couldn't get under. Turns out the father has a 416-8 ,with many attachments, that he might bring over when he gets the missing parts. I just didn't want them to be unprepared for the possible big snow coming Sunday. It's priceless to have neighbors who do things for each other. We've been lucky that way in our present location on a short dead-end road where almost everyone knows each other. We help each other out in far too many different ways to list here, and I hope that never changes. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
