Grand dad's Cub

['Country' Elliott]

Hey Ken...SUCCESS IS SUCH A SWEAT REWARD!! Congratulations. Probably the 2 greatest times in a seized tractor owner's life is...GETTING HER TO MOVE & HEARING HER "FIRE UP"

Keep up the patience and the step-by-step pocesses...You'll HEAR the results shortly

[KenHigginbotham]

Hey Ken...SUCCESS IS SUCH A SWEAT REWARD!! Congratulations. Probably the 2 greatest times in a seized tractor owner's life is...GETTING HER TO MOVE & HEARING HER "FIRE UP"

It was almost surreal. After the initial shock, I had to force myself to watch the front pulley to make sure what I thought was happening, was really happening...

These simple pleasures in life seem to become more frequent with every passing year

(Maybe it's a bi-product of having teenagers in the house )

ken

[KenHigginbotham]

Hum... All this has given me an idea. Would someone happen to have an old gear off a starter motor. I could fabricate a tool that you bolt on where there starter goes with this gear on one end of a shaft and make the other end where you could put a pull bar or ratchet on it. Then use this to help free a frozen engine. Then if someone else in the forum needs it, it would be small enough to ship it around...

???
Ken

[John *.?-!.* cub owner]

Ken,I can't find it now, but sometime ago I posted a picture of one that a susbscriber to redpowermagazine.com had made for turning a stuck engine on D6 crawlers. It was a starter with the drive locked so it stayed run out and a starter armature he had welded a piece of 1 inch square tubing on. The starter he used had 2 bearings at the drive end, so the rear was open. Since a cub only has one bearing on the drive end it would require part of the frame being left in lace to support the rear. The onething that users would have to be careful of is the ring gear isn't very heavy on a cub, and while I've never heard of it happening, a broken tooth would be a possiblility

[KenHigginbotham]

John, I had something like this in mind:



Ken

[Bigdog]

Ken - on the end of the shaft you have marked to grind square - how about welding a large nut on there so you could use a socket and breaker bar.

[KenHigginbotham]

That would make it easier! I'll file the required modification paperwork.

ken

[John *.?-!.* cub owner]

Looks like a good setup ot me. You may need to use a fairly wide or a double bearing/bushing at the center to make sure it stays full engaged when pressure is applied. I would also suggest the welded on nut be fairly large.

[Ron L]

Ken - on the end of the shaft you have marked to grind square - how about welding a large nut on there so you could use a socket and breaker bar.

Another alternative would be to use hex stock........... (the more suggestions you have to gleen from, the better the end product!)

[Russ Leggitt]

Hey Ken,

I think I read where you felt a little intimidated by a complete tear-down
and re-build. Pal, after seeing your post on the manual starter setup and
and after purchasing the suggested books, I can assure you that you will
not have any problems on a complete re-build.

Just remember, these are simple machines, designed well, constructed
to last and can be re-built. Sure there are somethings, like turning the
crank, boring out the cylinders and grinding the valves, that the
average person is not equipped to do. But beyond that, most anyone
with a little mechanical apptitude can handle.

Just jump in there and get "Grand dad's CUB" going and enjoy with
your whole family.

Next to my wife my CUBs are the things I enjoy most and sometimes I wonder about her. Ha!!!

[KenHigginbotham]

Report: SN175677 Is running!

Ken

[beaconlight]

which douglasville are you? the one near Atlanta or early county?

Bill

[KenHigginbotham]

Atlanta.

Ken

[beaconlight]

Congratulations on the running tractor. It wasn't as bad as you first feared was it? Time, patience and sage advise (don't hurry) will pay off more often than not.
Most of us have heard "the hurrier I go, the behinder I get". Well you see the wisdom of it I wager.
Of course there is a time for a bigger hammer. that is when the sage advise cuts in.

Bill

[KenHigginbotham]

Thanks for the support!

After closer inspection, my first major call arose. Seems the left final drive casting broke out at an attachment bolt hole at some point in time:



I found one on ebay but wasn't sure if it would fit or if I should ask the seller. Here's the link:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... otohosting

Does anyone have any suggestions / advice?

Thanks, Ken