Recent content by torch

Well there's your problem, right there. <lol> It's an 80's vintage tractor not a top fuel dragster.

That's what I'd do: Is it in spec and is it close to the others? And like Dan suggests: it may even be possible to save that lifter by polishing it out, depending on depth of damage. If you have access to a surface plate there's a couple of ways you couid measure that. Plastigauge or a DTI...

Measure the cam. Do you know which hole the suspect lifter came out of? If the cam is ok I'd probably just replace the one lifter, provided I knew which ones where worn into which hole.

Better would be to put a battery blanket on the battery. If it's cold enough to gel properly treated #1 diesel then it's past cold enough to reduce output from the battery. And if the battery is near the fuel tank, so much the better...

Oops, sorry, missed the "with heat" part. Pinlock is not heated, it's passive. Like a dual-pane glass window, it just uses trapped air as insulation. I did try a heated snowmobile visor once years ago. I forget the brand but the one I had was of marginal benefit and the wires were a PITA. More...

Yup, been there, done that. I think you are describing a modular helmet with pinlock anti-fog visor. I've had several. I never had much luck on Nolan helmet's version of pinlock but on my Shoei it works very well.

Hey, your machine, your choice. For a plain single shear plane style the manufacturer often specs a plain bolt. Kubota specifies a 1/4-20 Gr. 2 bolt for my auger and a 6mm 8.8 bolt for my gearbox input. I know of a different but very similar model where Kubota specifies a "Special grooved Gr...

I'm not sure that's true of even plated grooved shear bolts. It's certainly not universal of stainless steel bolts. And it's completely wrong if the bolt is metric. The groove is more than "slight" -- in my experience they are close to the full thread depth. IE a 5/16" shear bolt will be...

Not so much: law of supply and demand. Even if this particular bolt was made in the US of USA made steel the lack of and/or increased cost of imported versions will drive up prices.

There are two kinds of shear bolts: One is for a simple face-to-face joint with a single shear plane, as between two flanges. Plain bolts are typical in this application. The other kind goes through a shaft and coupling. The bolt has two shear planes, separated by the diameter of the shaft...

A little time modelling with paper and pencil or CAD software can save a lot of grinding. And there are a number of online calculator websites that can help calculate the hydraulic forces and pressures required. When I built mine I had the geometry pretty much worked out in advance...

I have both a front mount and a 3ph mount. The "handling" is decidedly different! Turning the front mount in deep(ish) snow is less effective due to the exaggerated rudder effect. The steering wheels are trapped between the "rudder" (ie: blower sidewalls) and the rear wheels. Lifting the...

No. The tractor is only carrying the blower during tranport anyway. When in use the blower is self-supporting.

Do you have the style with a collar that pulls back to retract some balls? You may need to clean or lube things. I prefer the style with the simple spring loaded pin on one side.

I change it every spring before putting it away and check it again in the fall when setting it back up. More because I want to avoid any moisture issues than any leakage of lubricant -- that would be readily apparent. There's not too many places the gear lube can go and the box is right there...