Colt Case Ingersoll Garden Tractors

Snow caster shake / vibration when engaged .
Tried it out on an snow bank . Chewed through it quite well and shot the snow / ice granules about 20' in the air and about 10' to the side with the deflector all the way up. Better side distance with the deflector half down . I may need to do a wedge cut half way up the chute to get better side distance . Normal snow and getting wipers on the auger paddles will help as well

Ok , back to the vibration / shake , under load or not . This is my second caster , the first shuck violently but was visible bent . This one is straight , I checked . This thing has all new auger,shaft, pulley bearings ,chain and belt . The clutch has been rebuilt as well . I did notice that the gap between the auger is different from one paddle to the other one ,but is consistent along the auger along the length of it .
Any of you run into this before . I can' afford to have it machined true .

Dave

is it annoying bad or is it going to shake apart bad? Do you think it's an out of alignment issue or out of balance?

Hm.. the auger in your caster is the auger I had in mine and I can't recall any bad vibration. The shell of yours is from a caster I had that I never used. The reason I put the auger from the one I never used into mine was because one of the bearings was not the right type, the previous owner did that. I opened it with plans to put new bearings and then the snow started and couldn't wait for bearings so I just used the other auger which had old bearings but still functional. My point is that I don't know why yours would shake, as it didn't in mine.

Eugen wrote: ↑Sun Mar 27, 2022 10:16 am Hm.. the auger in your caster is the auger I had in mine and I can't recall any bad vibration. The shell of yours is from a caster I had that I never used. The reason I put the auger from the one I never used into mine was because one of the bearings was not the right type, the previous owner did that. I opened it with plans to put new bearings and then the snow started and couldn't wait for bearings so I just used the other auger which had old bearings but still functional. My point is that I don't know why yours would shake, as it didn't in mine.

Still trying to figure it out .

Dave

Is this the caster you added rubber paddles to? Are the paddles the same size and the same distance out on the auger?

MattA wrote: ↑Sun Mar 27, 2022 12:24 pm Is this the caster you added rubber paddles to? Are the paddles the same size and the same distance out on the auger?

I have not added the rubber paddles / wipers as yet .
I am putting the chains and weights on the rears . Then I will take the auger drive chain off and engage the pto to see weather it is the auger or the drive that is the source .

Dave

Driveshaft from belt pulley to chain cog bent. Or bad bearing on either end bad.


Noel

Did you reuse the driveshaft pulley? Maybe a wobble in that pulley where it's pinned on?

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@Propane57 @Jancoe Yes I reused the pulley and shaft . I still have to unhook the auger and run the drive to isolate which side it is coming from . But that will have to wait until tomorrow . It took me all day to fitt the chains and put the weights on the rears , but they are good and tight with no bungees. But that is done and it is back on the lift again .

Dave

I'm wondering if the uhmw guides on the chain are causing a vibration? I want to add uhmw to mine also.
What model caster is it?
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