What have you done to your Wheel Horse today?

[ebinmaine 75,721]

Got some shop time today. 

Popped a couple 520H tie rods off for a fellow Redsquare member. 

 

 

Trina got the Military Tribute Tractor  "Millie" in for a couple belts. 

The S/G belt was so worn the unit was barely charging. 

The drive belt was also well worn. We did some investigating here and found that the universal transmission pulley was too wide and also too deep.  

68" belt is far too short. 

70" too long...

Unfortunately the middle option of 69" belt was also about two hairs too long. 

 

This tractor has a 6 speed that had no pulley with it.  

I believe the best course would be to get a bushing from 3/4" down to 5/8" so she can use the original 3 speed pulley. 

 

We do need to figure out how to find that bushing/ adapter. 

@Achto @kpinnc  or others? 

 

 

We also found the belt guard is bent and/or has a broken section near the engine. Trina filed that down.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Achto 30,182]

19 minutes ago, ebinmaine said:

 

We do need to figure out how to find that bushing/ adapter. 

@Achto @kpinnc  or others? 

 

 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/374229841487

[Ed Kennell 43,775]

36 minutes ago, Lane Ranger said:

the angle rod push pin fell out of the rod!  

Yep, happened to me once.   Replaced my hairpin clip with a cotter pin.

[sqrlgtr 1,305]

1 hour ago, Lane Ranger said:

Sunday December 14, 2025 after the big and cold snowstorm!  6 inches of snow and about ten degrees this am.  I cleaned off my driveway and my neighbors!

 

The 1974 Wheel Horse 8 hp B-80 worked great!

 

Those little 8's sure punch above their weight.

[kpinnc 16,178]

2 hours ago, ebinmaine said:

We do need to figure out how to find that bushing/ adapter. 

 

@Achto beat me to it. 

[ebinmaine 75,721]

@Achto

 

Thanks man! 

[Blue Chips 395]

I got one step closer to putting the snowblower on my 522xi. I replaced the flaky old PTO clutch (which slipped intermittently when it was warmed up) with a new aftermarket unit. As far as I can tell, the build/fit/finish looks as good as the old clutch, which I assume is the original, since the machine had very low hours on it when I bought it years ago. The only difference I noticed is that the new clutch hub doesn't extend as far forward as the old one, making it a bit harder to get a good grip on it with a 1-1/2" wrench. The new clutch came with a 1/4-inch-thick washer to make up for it (based, I suppose, on the assumption that the user would install a replacement bolt of the same length as the old one), but instead of using the thick washer, I opted for a 1/4-inch shorter replacement bolt of the same grade as the original and torqued per the service manual instructions.

 

 

After installing the clutch, in hindsight it occurred to me that I 'might' have been able to swap the old hub for the new one to make it easier to get a wrench on it, but it's in now and working fine, so it will stay that way.

 

 

 

Edited yesterday at 12:23 AM by Blue Chips

[TonyToro Jr. 2,172]

Yesterday we got some snow. 
Saturday I put the blade on the c-145 since my C-120 that is supposed to have a plow on it is in pieces.

Yesterday morning put a new scraper blade from a public works snowplow on. That should last awhile! 

Then it was time to shine. Love plowing fluffy snow!

And today did a bit more cleanup.

[lynnmor 8,242]

On 12/14/2025 at 4:17 PM, Lane Ranger said:

 

The 1974 Wheel Horse 8 hp B-80 worked great!  When i went to my neighbors to plow the angle rod push pin fell out of the rod!   Went back to the garage to retrieve another! 

Back in business.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I gave up on using any kind of easy to use pins there, now I use only cotter pins and bend them both ways. I replace them as needed.