lynnmor 7,815 #24201 Posted 11 hours ago 2 hours ago, ebinmaine said: Brakes. Well... Inadequate for slowing and stopping. Fixed that sentence for you. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 72,645 #24202 Posted 11 hours ago 4 minutes ago, lynnmor said: Fixed that sentence for you. Gotta give ya that one Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shed 276 #24203 Posted 9 hours ago 4 hours ago, ebinmaine said: Some things to keep in mind about speeding up a Wheelhorse. Unidrive bearings. The bearings in these transmissions have limitations like anything else. I've read that the race mower crowd seems to think 20 - 25 is a lot for these. Brakes. Well... Inadequate for high speed slowing and stopping. Tie rods. You will NEED to change the tie rods to a different type altogether. Steering. The steering system as a whole is actually very loose the way it was designed... for 6 mph. Put that to a 5X and it'll be startling. If you've never been on a "fast" garden tractor you'd be shocked at what 12 mph feels like. 20+ is obviously doable but there are serious considerations to be addressed. This wasn't built for speed it doesn't have the stock transmission at all but a separate gear box and a tourqe convertor now all chain drive. It has rear disc brakes not installed yet. But I was just joking around with the comment about the Bonneville salt flats. It should have good tourqe though with the gearing I picked. 60 tooth axle sprocket and two jack shaft type reduction setups and the belt driven tourqe convertor. The steering I'll clean up but for now I just need to get it together. If the flat bed doesn't look right I thought I'd make a gooseneck trailer for it and he can tow his pedal tractors and stuff. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
