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Old 09-16-2018, 11:36 AM
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Good work John. In the long run, you'll be glad you did the job right. Looking forward to see this rig out in the sunshine, killing grass!
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Old 09-16-2018, 11:50 AM
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The color is ugly, but as long as it gets the job done, that's all that matters. Nice work!
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Old 10-09-2018, 09:29 PM
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Well, the deck is together other than reinstalling the leveling bolts. Got to put the new mule drive pulleys on then put the deck in place with a new belt. Supposed to get a good soaking from the current hurricane, maybe it will be ready to go when it dries off enough to mow. Also cut the fuel shutoff/anti-dieseling/pain in the butt/ solenoid plunger in 1/2. Oh yeah, got to put the bumper back on.
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Old 10-13-2018, 09:01 PM
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Did some post hurricane mowing/leaf mulching/twig grinding yesterday afternoon. The color on the deck blends in fairly decent with that WONDERFUL powdercoat on the rest of the machine.
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Old 10-15-2018, 12:24 PM
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Nice machine, John!
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Old 02-09-2020, 08:46 PM
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Well, the never ending story of my 2284 continues. Used it quite a bit of 2019, mows nice, runs good. Issues with slow reverse and needs a new seat. Right at the end of last season it refused to crank, have no idea why other than what appears to be a plugged fuel filter possibly? I don't know but the filter has a clear housing and wow is the filter material NASTY. Pretty sure I've already replaced this once.

So I towed it to the shop, pulled the line to the carb, it pumps gas, put it on, darn thing cranks up. Who knows, darn thing would crank on ether but that was it a couple months back. Regardless, tank is off and has been cleaned. I've been sitting on the grommets for the tank for 2 years, just haven't gotten around to doing this job. I'm thinking ethanol isn't playing well with the non-ethanol I burn (Don't chime in on your gas opinions, I buy about 5-700 gallons of non-ethanol a year---you buy what you want). The rubber seal in the fuel cap turned to tar this summer, couldn't hardly get the cap off. Anyway, tank is shiny inside and out, new lines, grommets (think I have to get one for the low fuel sending unit). Don't know what's up with the fuel shutoffs, neither appears to work--I'm guessing the rubber seals in them are shot as well.

While I'm at it, I tore down the driveline and cleaned out the old grease, now just to put it back. Hydro fluid needs changing, got to decide if I want to pull the rear and the tubes and drill them. Pretty sure I have changed the filter once, but hydro ain't perfect and given the condition of the rest of the machine, I'm sure its the original fluid.

Pulling the fender pan was an adventure. Don't know if they were supposed to be carriage head, but under the foot rest mine had 6 hex head bolts--very corroded. Had to use one of those extractors that fit over bolt heads to get one of them off. But the big surprise was pulling the seat tracks. One of those mile long bolts wouldn't budge or break. I wound up with a 1/2" drive pull handle and 6 pt socket on the bottom to hold the nut. Used a cheater bar on the Allen wrench and wrestled it off. The other 3 weren't quite that bad. Oh yeah, got a good used set of seat tracks from an OCC member. Mine have been gutted of the wear guides. Don't ask, I don't know why. Probably same reason the battery hold down was on the deck belt tensioner rod.

Got a new seat for it too. After this, got to check out some "sloppiness" in the steering--hopefully that can be a next years project.
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Old 02-13-2020, 09:10 PM
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Some days there doesn't seem to be any turning back. Time to drill returns for the axle tubes. Amazing how much floor space all the parts take.....
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Old 02-15-2020, 12:28 PM
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Well I found a problem when I removed the axle to pull the axle tubes to add drain holes to rear casing. The left axle was moving up and down BAD. This part of ring gear assembly is worn bad out of round. Gear is a nominal dim (about .003" under), the "cap" has the bore worn .015-.050" over/out of round--in line with the shaft the spider gears are on. Gonna bore it out about a 1/4" and press in a bronze sleeve. Anybody see an issue with doing this? Will go ahead and change the bearing in the end of the axle tube as well, most likely
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Old 02-15-2020, 09:04 PM
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OK, part has been bored and sleeved with bronze. For the record, the "cap" is made from cast iron bar stock (not a casting)--its 100% machined. Cadet didn't provide any other durable wear surface and this grade of material just didn't hold up. I did pull apart the other side of the ring gear and it had about .005-6" clearance. That side is the casting, which is wearing a whole lot better, going to leave it alone.

Moral of the story, if you pull the cover plate off to drain the oil, pry up on the axle shaft and look for excessive wear. You may need to have the tire off to reduce weight on the shaft. I actually noticed the wear when I went to pry off the snap ring in preparation to pull the axle tubes for drilling returns holes.

I did spring for a new bearing to go in the other end, figured all that excess slop may have loosened things up on the outer end. It was $18 for the bearing at Oreileys.

Oh, one of the bolts for the brakes was apparently cross threaded at the factory, bolt only went in about halfway. It took a little doing but I got the lead picked up and tapped it straight so I can put a new bolt in it. All these years the bolt lacked about 3/8" from going in all the way.
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