Slow/sticky right transmission...

[Rivets]

First, I don’t know why you can’t quote me, I’ve been on this forum since March of 2012 and have never blocked anything in my profile or posts. Second, yes I do get “nasty” with individuals who think they are better than everyone else on this forum or demean the forum. If you act like a “bully” you’ll be treated like a “bully “. There are a few who don’t like me, but I’ve got big shoulders and for everyone of them there are a 100 who have said thanks for the help. Like Bert, I to have started threads when I get stuck, hoping someone has seen the problem. Twice I’ve received help, but that’s OK as I understand that when I’m stuck it’s a problem that rarely happens. Third, there are many times that I see people post a problem, whom I figure will either do more harm to their unit, what they want to do will make the unit a safety hazard or will have no idea or have no expertise to solve the problem if directions are given. Because you never gave us a hint of your experience, I decided not to reply, guess that makes me a bad and nasty guy.

 

[The Chairman]

Still won't let me quote you.

So, when you think someone's being a bully, you become a bully? Probably best we avoid each other while here then. I'll point out bullies, but I won't turn "mean and nasty" in return. It's not friendly and not my style. Most mean and nasty people don't like being exposed in such a way. Makes them meaner and nastier. I gravitate towards friendly people.

Back to the topic... I finally got to get on my mower yesterday. My nephew is in town and had mowed my entire 10.82 acres. I was surprised and pleased at the same time. But, I still hadn't gotten to do a test drive, so off I went in search of dribs and drabs that had been missed. There weren't many, but the hesitation is gone, gone, gone. Tightening that check valve really made a difference.

A couple of more asides from the build. There were "covers" over the two check valves. It looked like they kept the oil from bypassing the filter, but you had to put a hole in them to take them out. I believe this renders them mostly useless, and wonder if anyone has a line on them? They were in the seal kit, but none of the other seals were leaking, and I would have rather have just replaced those two caps.

Second aside: This was the first time I had used RTV Ultra Blue. There's an inner line and outer line you have to do on the outer cover. It's definitely more viscous than I remember RTV Blue being, and it was far more predictable in the application. Nice. I'd rather use gaskets, but this is how it comes from the factory. It will be interesting to see how long it takes for the unused portion to stiffen beyond usability. This might be the first time in two years I've been that I needed any.

Third aside: I finally got my parts cleaner set up and just need the proper solvent for it. I'm looking forward to not wasting cans of brake cleaner in the future.

 

[bertsmobile1]

If you used to repair engines for a living I am sure you hate silicone just as much as I do.
I add 20 minutes to the service time of anything that comes in with silicon on it to cove the time it takes to remove the moungrel stuff.

Hope you haang around for a few years , it will be interesting to see how long the repair remains good for.
I used to do repairs on hydros but we now have a specialist rebuilder who refaces the valve chests & plates for about 1/3 the price of a rebuild kit.
The first time I did one i spend hundreds of hours watching videos of supposed mechanics who pulled the hydros apart , left the box open on the bench for days then reassembled them bare handed.
I doubt any of them ran for more than 12 months but of course you rarely see the failures.

 

[The Chairman]

If you used to repair engines for a living I am sure you hate silicone just as much as I do.
I add 20 minutes to the service time of anything that comes in with silicon on it to cove the time it takes to remove the moungrel stuff.

Sometimes it's what comes from the factory. Roloc discs.

Hope you haang around for a few years , it will be interesting to see how long the repair remains good for.

The new one only lasted two years. This was easier than a THM200, and I've done plenty of those with no comebacks. We'll see how she does. I have to say that the pump/servo design was cool to see up close and I was able to suss out how the Swash plate worked. It's no longer a 'black box' to me. We're pouring the slab for my compressor, dust collector and (soon) Scuba compressor next week. That means, I'll be able to use my fast tools to clean things like gasket material. It will be nice to have air in the shop. My Ryobi impacts are fine, but I miss my "real" impacts.

If I live long enough to buy again, I'll definitely be going with a commercial zero-turn with a 72" swath. I've about wore this puppy out in two years.

 

[The Chairman]

Spring update... I had noted a bit of slippage/burning smell on the first use this year. The belt was loose, so I tightened it up. It got loose again and then it outright broke. i changed to a new belt that was i inch smaller. I went with a 50inch rather than a 51 inch belt. Harder to do the final connections, but she's running great with the right side out pacing the left just a tad. I was a bit concerned as I was mowing though, I'm 6+hours into the job when I feel the left side slipping, and slipping a lot. I'm getting feels that I was going to have to reman the left side now. I was heading to the ag-shed to suss this out, when phooosh. The left tire went flat. I had snagged the sidewall on a Hercules Club (a very thorny tree) and she was flat. Kind of funny, but I guess the slipping was the rim spinning in the tire. Kinda funny. Rim and Tire should be here next week.

 

[bertsmobile1]

Watch the bearings in the idlers.
Although all of the diagrams show a double row custom bearing nearly all of them are plain old deep groove.
!" on a 50" belt is bit much.
Generally I would not consider dropping a full inch on anything under 100"

 

[The Chairman]

Generally I would not consider dropping a full inch on anything under 100"

The belt doesn't have a lot of extra tension on it. With the longer belt, any extra tension will allow the belt to jump the pulley and get cut by the fan. I would have gone to 50.5" but I don't find that in a fractional HP belt.