Title: How To Replace A Transmission On A Toro 30" Inch Time Master Mower - with Taryl Source:
Grass Rats Garage URL Source:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlG_IpX4J9M&t=1505s Published:Jul 18, 2022 Author:Taryl Fixes All Post Date:2022-07-18 19:31:55 by Esso Keywords:None Views:408 Comments:6
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Taryl Dactyl and the Grass Rats Gang are in Demotte, IN, about 100 miles west of me on IN14.
That job took me six hours today on my mower, including a new stop switch, bearings behind the drive gears, a center carrier bearing and LR outer wheel bearing plus about 45 minutes drive time to get the bearings.
It was a bitch. My arthritic hands don't like working that hard anymore.
You're back in business. It's sounding good and seems to work good. I wasted about an hour trying to get the belt back on the way he did it, but I don't have enough strength left in my hands to do that. Came up with a slick way of getting the xmission spring back on after the belt is on, took about 4 seconds. I'll show you. Total parts were about $300. Three of those bearings I replaced were about $20/ea, seems kind of steep.
Say hi to the squirt for me.
“The most terrifying force of death comes from the hands of Men who wanted to be left Alone. TRUE TERROR will arrive at these people’s door, and they will cry, scream, and beg for mercy… but it will fall upon the deaf ears of the Men who just wanted to be left alone.”
I've been refurbishing a John Deere GT245 for a friend here the last 3 weeks. I've got GT235 -- similar, but older -- so most of the systems are familiar to me. I've also got a couple of ancient JD212s; one runs great, and the other is for cannibalizing parts from. (When I rebuilt the engine 10 years ago, I put the connecting rod bearing cap on backwards. The oil feed to the rod bearing was via a hole in the bearing cap. With the cap installed backwards the hole saw negative pressure instead of positive. Ran for 32 minutes, and overheated spectacularly.)
My neighbors have zero-turn riding mowers. I've never had one.
A friend, with several trees in his acre+ yard, got a Toro ZTR 48" mower and after a rather low learning-curve, absolutely loves it.
“ On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron. ” ~ H. L. Mencken
I was surprised to find 4 of 7 bearings in the rear end out in probably 80 hours of use. That's probably four weeks in commercial service, which mine is definitely not.
My neighbors have zero-turn riding mowers. I've never had one.
My neighbor brought his Bad Boy ZTR over and helped me out. Sent you pics of my old Ferris. I added the "beak" on the front out of 3/8 or 1/2" steel as a lifting point for my lever jack.
“The most terrifying force of death comes from the hands of Men who wanted to be left Alone. TRUE TERROR will arrive at these people’s door, and they will cry, scream, and beg for mercy… but it will fall upon the deaf ears of the Men who just wanted to be left alone.”
Yes, everybody who has one seems to love 'em. I mow about 3 acres with lots of trees, so I could definitely make good use of one. But with the old depleted cotton field soil here and little rain (it rains a lot more 1/2 mile from me in any direction; I'm in some mysterious dry hole here), I don't have to mow very often.
Texas is generally as dry as ye olde bone. Not yet like the record drought of the mid-fifties, but we're getting there.
“ On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron. ” ~ H. L. Mencken