Recent content by Butch

This happened during a 6 hour mow. I always give the tractor and attachments a visual look see BEFORE I begin work. Whatever happened was catastrophically acute.... no warning in the pre-mow check.

I check the oil in my MMM gear box every 10 hours. A few years ago I lost a seal in the bottom of MMM gear box... and I am hard of hearing. Did not realize I had a problem until my neighbor told me something did not sound right. When I immediately looked into it .... the ONLY sound I could hear...

Not hard to to replace seals (and bearings if it has a bunch of hours on it) seeing as you'll have it tore down anyway. .

Just replaced (TODAY>>>> Seriously) the whole drive shaft on my RCK60-24 after 25+ years. Set me back almost $450. Normally I'd have overhauled it, but.... the splined expandable shaft was worn and needed replaced....that, coupled with the cost of the universals and coupler kit would have cost...

OK... here it goes. I have a hot water frost proof spigot outside my house AND I got the brainy idea to hook it to my pressure washer. Worked great for about an hour which at that point the pump seized "tighter than a mouse's ear". Well... my advice would be don't do it unless you want a new...

Ask your wife, significant other, girlfriend or partner to do it for you and tell them they may get a percentage of the sale.....

Now you suggest it....:rolleyes:

Not even broke in....(y)

Doing a ground up 100% restoration on my RCK60-24B while in the process of replacing the deck shell. I had replaced the gearbox assembly a about three years ago so that was pretty much the only part of the deck that did not get a make over. Here is the part where the "preservation" of my bacon...

Just curious... what year is the BX2370 and how many hours are on it?

Also.... keep a close eye on where the shims go and don't mix them up.... just saying.

I did both sides while I had it in garage... took me three days (I am old and slow, not in any hurry). The Permatex liquid gasket was the 24 hour setting time one..... so that's what took the most time. Like Wolfman said... a good set of snap ring pliers is a must. I picked up a cheap set from...

This is not a biggy labor intensive repair... I did it on my B2410. Took me longer to clean everything up before assembly than it did to replace the seal and assemble.

I did do ONE more thing. With a permanent marker I made note of the polarity modification under the hood near the reconnection AND noted the modification and the reason for it in my WSM.

On my B2410 I had to reverse the wires on my head lights to correct the polarity. That's all...