Two Dollar Hydro Fix

[Shrewcub]

Originally Posted by TIMCRUTCHER

Or why not fix it right instead of "jerry rigging".

Not everyone's tractors are trailer/garage queens. Some people actually use these things to do work. Down time is not always an option.

[Mike McKown]

I see no reason to knock yerself out if you come up with something that works just as well or maybe even better.

My fix for the same thing was a piece of used rubber fuel hose zip tied on each end of the spring. Has worked fine for about three years.

Cost was for two zip ties at the bulk price you pay in a 100 count bag.

[RLause]

I think IH should have done this from the beginning. Then as the pin wears there is never any play. Kohler does the same thing on some of their carburetors to eliminate play in the linkage.

[drglinski]

Originally Posted by TIMCRUTCHER

Or why not fix it right instead of "jerry rigging".

[jimbob200521]

Two polarizing sides to this issue. Either "fix it back to stock/right" or "there may be a better way/do what it takes to get the job done". I for one am all in for finding a better way. Heck, I had a Cub once (emphases on "had") that the previous owner had jerry rigged a way to eliminated the springs in the trunion. Made the hydro much more, shall we say, sensitive, but it eliminated the potential wear problem associated the springs. So there's a give and take here.

[Mike McKown]

Originally Posted by jimbob200521

Made the hydro much more, shall we say, sensitive, but it eliminated the potential wear problem associated the springs. So there's a give and take here.

Another way to look at it..........................

Everybody's trunion gets worn, sooner or later. Most people seem to want to fix it by the book. Spend money, time and energy and the end result, they come up with something that will fail, sooner or later.

Why not try something different instead of being a slave to the book? It's only a garden tractor. Not a moon rocket.