New to me 1450 and first post

[jaynjeep]

Good work on the frame!!

Like Bill and Todd said... go ahead and fix the trunion while you are there.. I feel like there must be some bolts loose or missing in the rear axle horns or either the brackets that tie the front of the transaxle to the frame.. that is about the only thing that seems like it wouldve let the frame twist like that..
Great progress... keep us posted! I have a soft spot for the quietlines.. I grew up on a 1450 and Mom still uses it weekly!

[ACecil]

Glad to hear you got the frame straightened out!

[Tom_c]

Well, I fixed the trunion.
Now I have a question.
Is this the bushing/ball Cub Cadet 941-3004? (It's the coupler from the rear of the driveshaft that has the little ball at the hydro unit)
If so, how do I get it out?
Thanks, Tom

[twoton]

941-3004, yup. Cold chisel and hammer.

[finsruskw]

It will press out
Use a vise and a couple of sockets, a big one lage enough to accept the bushing and a smaller one to press it out with. Pipe couplers will work also if they are the right size.
Looks like your driveshaft is shot also by the looks of that coupler
Did Ya get the spools freed up yet?
Probably seized where the inner one goes through the outer one.
Common for these dual spool rigs when they spent a lot of their life in the elements. I have 3 of 'em in the same fix.
Good Luck!

[aagitch]

Unless the picture is fooling me, that coupler looks ruined.

[Tom_c]

There is some wear on the coupler, but if I replace the bushing I think it will still be okay. There is not enough material missing around the bushing to matter and the steel ball still sits snugly in place in it's recess.

[twoton]

Yeah, I think you'll be fine.

[Tom_c]

Update,
Well I have done a fair bit to the old 1450. I finally got the parts to fix the driveline. I had the motor out and did the cradle mod and reinstalled using old top ISO bushings on bottom and new sway bar bushings on top. New throttle cable.
I had hydro creep and took some trial and error, but I'm satisfied with that situation, it's not 100%, but it's very close and, given the wear in the parts, more than acceptable.
To do this adjustment I backed off the brakes so that they would not grab with the pedal locked down, I then placed the speed control lever forward a bit and then kicked it into neutral using the brake pedal, locked the brake pedal down and proceeded to adjust for neutral by moving the cam bracket until I had no wheel movement with the back wheels jacked off the floor and the engine running.
At this point my speed lever was not in it's neutral groove, so I had to adjust the linkage.
Here is where I did something that I think was quite important.I clamped vise grips to the trunnion bracket and cam bracket so I would not lose neutral while I got the speed linkage adjusted.
I ended up having to remove the link rod to get it freed up, not a fun job, but not horrible. Once free and reattached it was quite easy to bring it into adjustment.
If not for the seized linkage rod, this whole thing could be done in a few minutes.
I think the order is important here.
I got a lot of my info on this here: http://www.mytractorforum.com/19-cub...1643?_k=bbal58
I am including a few photos of a couple of things I did.
Anyway, the tractor seems to be back from the dead, starts great and drives good! Amazing considering where it came from and how it looked. I don't even have a ton of money into parts, mostly time.
Thanks for all the help I've received up until this point!, Tom

[ACecil]

Thanks for the update!