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Hello,
Murray 405000x8E, B&S 13.5HP 21B807 0239E1.
Want to remove engine stack pully. Anyone know the hex bolt socket size???
Thanks for your time.
Mike

Should be 9/16 or 5/8. More than likely 5/8"

Scrubcadet10 said:

Should be 9/16 or 5/8. More than likely 5/8"

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Thank You.

buy a socket set.

What I can find on the engine it uses a 7/16-20 screw so the head is 5/8 (16mm). It also need to be torque at 50-55 ft-lbs.

Thank you.

Get some 6 point sockets and find one that fits. Duh!

It just some don't have the tools like the rest of us do. And I wish I didn't 5K - 10K in tools myself but they are needed. Like the 2T engine hoist that I used this week to remove and installed a Kohler M18 in CC shaft drive mower. I know it is over kill but it saves my back plus I can use it otherwise. I really could use a gantry type crane, just no place to store it out of the weather.

StarTech said:

It just some don't have the tools like the rest of us do. And I wish I didn't 5K - 10K in tools myself but they are needed. Like the 2T engine hoist that I used this week to remove and installed a Kohler M18 in CC shaft drive mower. I know it is over kill but it saves my back plus I can use it otherwise. I really could use a gantry type crane, just no place to store it out of the weather.

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Just a thought, but the shop I retired from had traveling 20T overhead hoists in the main shop. In the smaller parts of the building, there were swing post hoists with a hoist trolley on the beam. The post was in the corner of the shop and the beam swung around against the wall when not in use. Picture an inverted "L" with a trolley and a hoist on the horizontal arm. One could pick up anything from any part of the shop and move it to anywhere else in the shop. Since they swung170 degrees,they covered the area outside the overhead doors. Inexpensive and very handy.

Those are nice but when you got only a 2 car garage with a door that only goes up to 7 ft it kinda hard if not impossible to get a 8 ft tall crane though the doorway.

The "corner post" hoists I was referring to were fabricated on-site with common pipe and "H" beam. Made in the size that fit the space.

What I am looking for is one that I use out on the equipment when needed and then be able store it in the dry when not using it. I may have to buy a HFT one and modify it. I just one to straddle ZTRs and riders to pull engines and then install the engines when done. The folding shop crane legs just keep getting in the way. I did manage to extend the boom 4 ft and still have the lift stable. Can always add counter weights.

StarTech said:

What I am looking for is one that I use out on the equipment when needed and then be able store it in the dry when not using it. I may have to buy a HFT one and modify it. I just one to straddle ZTRs and riders to pull engines and then install the engines when done. The folding shop crane legs just keep getting in the way. I did manage to extend the boom 4 ft and still have the lift stable. Can always add counter weights.

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Fix for that is to change the way the legs are held to the crane
For cheapness most come together to make a V at the boom
The yard crane I use came from a factory and the legs are on a U shape so they straddle 2 pallets .
The cheapest & easiest route would be to cut the legs off a HF engine hoist ( get the better one with a 2 way pump ) move them 5' to 6' apart and weld them to a cross brace so they slide in either end of most mowers
Then make up a long load spreader bar .
When using mu engine crane this is what I do, spreader bar with 4 ratchet tie downs modified by removing the hooks so they become a loop.
Took a while to work this bit out so the mowers lift square .
Originally I was going to make a lifting frame similar to what is used for crane lifting containers but it was going to add too much length so the lifting frame would foul on the boom .

Let see here is what I currently using.

And I am looking at this type which would fit my needs. Just don't like the idea of leaving it out in the weather.

I reckon I could take it apart each time I am through with it and store it that way. Or just modify it to be shorter in height.