How To Replace A Transmission On A Toro 30" Inch Time Master Mower - with Taryl

Source: Grass Rats Garage
Published: Jul 18, 2022
Author: Taryl Fixes All
Post Date: 2022-07-18 19:31:55 by Esso
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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.

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#1: Esso    To: Sling Blade (#0)

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.

Esso posted on 2022-07-18 20:06:09   Reply   Private Reply

#2: StraitGate    To: Esso (#0)

Sounds like you did a good job.

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.

StraitGate posted on 2022-07-18 20:27:16   Reply   Private Reply

#3: Lod    To: StraitGate (#2)

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.

Lod posted on 2022-07-18 20:44:52   Reply   Private Reply

#4: Esso    To: StraitGate (#2)

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.

Esso posted on 2022-07-18 20:49:52   Reply   Private Reply

#5: StraitGate    To: Lod (#3)

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.

StraitGate posted on 2022-07-18 21:23:26   Reply   Private Reply

#6: Lod    To: StraitGate (#5)

Texas is generally as dry as ye olde bone. Not yet like the record drought of the mid-fifties, but we're getting there.

Lod posted on 2022-07-19 08:45:27   Reply   Private Reply