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Re: My snowcaster needs some TLC
Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2022 8:56 am
by DavidBarkey
@Timj . Dude you are amazing .
I searched for about 30 min and could not find it
, and I wrote it .
Re: My snowcaster needs some TLC
Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2022 11:42 am
by Eugen
Ok, no vise grips like Dave so this is what I got.
A little heat didn't do anything. On to the acetylene torch...
Re: My snowcaster needs some TLC
Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2022 2:02 pm
by Eugen
One of those days. They say the hammer likes the chisel but it likes the finger too.
Plan B: remove rivets and pulley and use the puller.
The puller didn't budge it.
Plan C: cutting disk, hammer, and chisel.
Yes. Good.
Nasty one this
Re: My snowcaster needs some TLC
Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2022 6:51 pm
by Eugen
Cleaned up, welded the cut and it's almost like new
well, I'm known to exagerate a little for entertainment purposes.
Re: My snowcaster needs some TLC
Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2022 6:55 pm
by Spike188
Eugen, that hand looks like you pulled a Eugene. Your red is a bit darker than powder red but it is Case blood.
Re: My snowcaster needs some TLC
Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2022 7:51 pm
by Timj
Re: My snowcaster needs some TLC
Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2022 8:53 pm
by propane1
Jumpins and holy cats Eugen. That looks nasty. Ouch ouch.
Quite a job getting that pulley off.
Take it easy on your self.
Noel
Re: My snowcaster needs some TLC
Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2022 10:06 pm
by JSinMO
Your progression in getting it loose reminds me of this.
Cut up hands and bloodied knuckles isn’t fun. Glad that’s never happened to me!
Yeah right, more times than I care to admit or remember! Thank goodness for tetanus shots. If you didn’t bleed a little when working on it you probably weren’t trying hard enough!
Glad you got it apart, and more importantly, glad you’ll heal up to fight another day!
Re: My snowcaster needs some TLC
Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2022 11:17 pm
by MattA
Take it easy Eugen and spend some time with the family.
Re: My snowcaster needs some TLC
Posted: Sat Nov 05, 2022 12:41 am
by Eugen
I don't have to explain to you guys, as careful as you think you are accidents happen. Luckily both injuries are pretty minor.
On the bright side, the drive shaft and related parts are ready for assembly. New chain, new bearings.
For the auger I got a couple of new Fafnir 204KRR2 bearings, which have the outer diameter smaller than the original bearings, and need a sleeve. I will make sleeves for these out of the outer race of the old bearings.
- Pry out the protective metal shield.
- Extract the plastic ball distancer.
- Move all balls to a side so they are together.
- Wiggle the inner race out through the opening between the balls.
- The outer race needs to be made larger ID on the lathe, to become a tight fitting sleeve for the new bearing.
We had some amazing weather for the last week and a half so I took advantage of it and got some vacation days. Besides catching up with some of the stuff needing to get done before the bad weather arrives, I spent more time with the kids too. Pretty crazy to go for walks in t-shirts in the middle of November! I'm not complaining!
There's another thing that I spent time on fixing in the last few days. The alternator on the big backhoe, a delco 10si 24 volts. I'll write about it in the 680 thread because something interesting happened.