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Old 06-29-2011, 01:44 PM
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Question 126 Grill Screen Retainer Spring?

I finally found a grill screen for my 126. Have looked around 2 local hardware stores and haven't had any luck finding the cone springs that are used to hold grill in place. Still haven't tried Ace,True Value, or Tractor Supply yet. If I don't have any luck finding anything do yall have any other ways that you install these screens ? Thanks in advance.
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Old 06-29-2011, 02:41 PM
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You are probably not going to find them anywhere like a hardware store. Our Sponsors up at the top of the page will have them and you can still get them from Cub Cadet Part #: IH-391347-R2 About $8/ea.
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Old 05-14-2013, 09:37 PM
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i've seen these springs but i don't have them on my 127. i think the po cut out a piece of expanded sheet metal and used that for a grill. what is the purpose of these and how do they work?
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Old 05-14-2013, 10:06 PM
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If you know what they look like they are not hard to make, especially if you have one setting there.

Grab a piece of spring wire with needle nose pliers, so the end of the wire is pointing down towards the plier handles.

Wrap the spring wire down the jaws of the pliers, you get the cone shape.

Bend the piece you had in the jaws of the pliers to the "L" shaped hook.

Cheap too, if you have access to some spring wire.
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Old 05-14-2013, 10:20 PM
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I'm not entirely sure of that spring's purpose, but if McMaster-Carr (www.mcmaster.com) and Carr Lane (www.carrlane.com) don't have it, you've got an odd animal indeed!!!
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Old 05-14-2013, 11:55 PM
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I would swear I saw them in a store somewhere one time, but for the life of me I can't remember where.

But no, they aren't the kind of thing that you pick up at the local hardware store.
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Old 05-15-2013, 02:00 AM
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Great idea on how to make them! But I still don't know what the heck they do!
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In the cast iron grill there are two tabs with eyes, one on each side. The grill pushes up against these eyes from the front, and the grill spring is inserted against the eye from the backside, with the hook going through the eye, through the grill, then you turn it 45 degrees or so, and lock it around the grill metal.

Hope this helps. When I get home this afternoon, I will tajke a pic.
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I've got screws holding my screen in place. That being said, I do not have the correct screen for the front of my 147.
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Here rae some pics. They suck. Sorry.
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