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Old 11-27-2017, 08:48 PM
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I agree. I think they are worth the extra time and effort.

Really, what it boils down to....

1. Muffler Box/Bracing/Exhaust
2. ISO Mounts
3. Driveline
4. Hood Hinge/Grille/Hood Latch
5. Engine Tuning

Get these dialed in and add in some rubber trim in some areas and you're done.
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Old 11-27-2017, 08:55 PM
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I like the hood latch system on my 1x8/9 series wide frame tractors. The QL rattles unless you pad the heck of it.
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Old 11-28-2017, 04:06 AM
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I agree. It needs some sort of latching mechanism on the side of the hood, not just the top/center.
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Old 11-28-2017, 10:13 AM
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Nice to see you posting again! I guess these IH Cub Cadet garden tractors are NOT just a "passing fancy" for you after all

Its fun to read and see; what and how other owners go about fixing up their Quiet Line model garden tractors! Pretty clean 1250 # 2, by the way

I know the QL hood hinge was to be an "up-grade" from the Wide Frame series, ( as so I've read more than once.) The QL hood hinge can be tightened up. Also, the mesh grill screen has been known to give me fits of vibration as well, if not correctly secure.

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I agree, Quietlines are great tractors.

If you are using the side curtains, There is a rubber weatherstrip that groes around the edge of the firewall. If that is gone, replace it. That weatherstrip will curb a lot of vibration noise that is transmitted from the firewall to the side curtains and hood.

I was amazed with how much it helped on my 1250 Nightmare!
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Old 11-29-2017, 06:34 PM
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Nice to see you posting again! I guess these IH Cub Cadet garden tractors are NOT just a "passing fancy" for you after all
Good to hear from you too, John! Your 1450 project is coming along real nicely.


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I agree, Quietlines are great tractors.

If you are using the side curtains, There is a rubber weatherstrip that groes around the edge of the firewall. If that is gone, replace it. That weatherstrip will curb a lot of vibration noise that is transmitted from the firewall to the side curtains and hood.

I was amazed with how much it helped on my 1250 Nightmare!

Mine is in decent shape except where the previous owners never bothered to adjust the hood and firewall, so there are places where the metal has rubbed through the weatherstrip.

Whats a good source for the weatherstrip? It looks like a pretty common form factor.
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Old 11-29-2017, 06:54 PM
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Last night after work was driveline time.

The coupler at the pump was wobbling like crazy. I took it out and removed the whole driveshaft assembly for inspection. The flex discs were horribly out of round, but what is more concerning is the wear on the hydro input shaft. Even after swapping in a less worn coupler, there was still some wobble. In one of the pics you can see how it was starting to chew into the coiled pin as well.

I assume the fitment of couplers to driveshaft and couplers to hydro shaft should be nice and tight. With a single flex disc in place I still had movement on both the driveshaft and the hydro couplers. It then occured to me that I could double up the flex discs there to take up some of the gap and that tightened it up nicely. I swapped over all the (almost) brand new driveline parts from my other 1250.

It will do for now. I suppose the long term solution is going to involve a new driveshaft and new couplers, and then maybe some sort of overbore and sleeve for the hydro input shaft coupler to take up the slack.
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Pics of the shop just because
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Do you have a micrometer so you can measure how bad the pump shaft is? I ran into one once that was really screwed up. Instead of replacing it I ground the end of the shaft on a grinder and bored/sleeved the mating part so I only had about .001-2" clearance. Of course if I didn't have access to the proper equipment, I'd have just replaced with good used parts. Boring and sleeving the mating part would be not terribly difficult (as opposed to tearing the pump down to get the shaft out). I bet the mating part is worn tapered and has more wear than the pump shaft. Fixing it may remove "enough" of the slop to help matters. I'd mic the pump shaft before proceeding.
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That was actually my plan - to get it just past an interference fit, and even if the shaft on the pump is a little egg shaped, I should be able to get a decent enough fit to work for the application. Just putting in the second flex disc helped tremendously.

Good to hear someone has had the same thought I did.
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