The Daily Yardman Thread

[Roger B]

Re: Ayup, it's Sundey..

HEY Goomba here's one place but you'll have select what you want, there's much in Stainless, suggest you look@ the HIGHLY Corrosion Resistant .. 1/2 in is in there also....... bout the size or your ..??????

https://www.mcmaster.com/#stainless-steel-tubing/=1ebmboz

MORE ....

https://www.onlinemetals.com/merchant.cfm?id=902&step=2&top_cat=1

https://www.onlinemetals.com/productguides/stainlessguide.cfm

Thanks Boo, but I'm sitting here feeling pretty damn stupid about the whole affair... I took the old shive apart, (removed the saltwater ruined bearings and drove out the sleeve), none, absolutely none of it was stainless, if being non-magnetic is part of the criteria. So, in all my wisdom (yeah, right!) I took the new Delrin pulley shive and re-drilled it with a 9/16" bit, which was the closest drill I had to the actual O.D. of the sleeve. Then I reamed the hole some and did what I could to enlarge it to almost the sleeve's o.d. Then I put it in a press I made some years ago (It uses a 20 ton hydraulic jack, which could easily destroy the press frame!) and pressed the sleeve through the plastic shive, leaving 1/32" of sleeve exposed on each end. Then!! THEN I realized that now instead of pinching the sides of the shive between the retaining washer and the bracket, I was now going to pinch the ends of the sleeve which sure as hell wasn't going to slip inside of the shive! So I greased it up well and left it loose enough to turn, but it still doesn't because the Delrin is so slippery..

I'm back to the drawing board.. and alternately scratching and kicking my arse..

Life is hard when you're dumb, know what I mean? ... Well, no you wouldn't 'cause you're a smart-arsed flyboy... Me? I'm just a dumb-arsed boat sailor... Probably brain damaged by oxygen starvation and too much pressure.. Or maybe too much CO2 when under pressure... as they say, "Hard tellin', not knowin' ."

Rog

 

[Roger B]

Re: MTD Yardman Transaxle Rebuild

Roger,
Looks like Boo beat me to it but check out McMaster.com for spacers/axle supports. They have great stuff and service.
Tom

Thanks Tom...

See my admittance to Boo.. But when I have a brain storm, I'll know where to look.

Roger

 

[Roger B]

Re: MTD Yardman Transaxle Rebuild

Fun clearing fallen trees on the back acreage, a decent sized white oak and a giant poplar. The oak is now benches down by the river clearing. The poplar took a bunch of other stuff down with it creating a dangerous tangled mess.

Darryl,

Popple ain't worth much, but I love white oak, Used to be a lot of it up this way, but now it's mostly red (piss) oak. (Because of the way it smells when cut green.)

I have been harvesting some Eastern Hornbeam (Hophornbeam) to dry in the overhead of my shop for handles and stuff. I also just slid a nice straight piece of oak (red) up there too. My favorite wood for tool handles is white ash, Tough wood.

Roger

 

[Roger B]

Re: MTD Yardman Transaxle Rebuild

That is a right mess you have there. . Looks lime a lot of fire wood if you need it.
Tom

Tom,

If anyone intended to use Popple for fire wood, they would have to cut it up, split it and store it under dry cover as fast as possible.. Popple will dowse (Maine word for getting 'punky' or 'rotten') if it even 'thinks' about getting wet. Like a popple log laying on the ground could go dowsey if say a medium sized dog was to happen by and lift his leg on a nearby standing tree. It doesn't take much..

Rog

 

[Darryl G]

Re: MTD Yardman Transaxle Rebuild

Yes the poplar does rot fast. My neighbor who the oak almost fell on will burn it. Hes actually my caretaker and usually cuts up anything that blocks the trails or roadway but his saw is down. He helps take care of the place in exchange for a place to hike and swim the dogs every evening. I wouldn't want him cleaning up the poplar mess anyway. It splits easily but burns more like a soft wood. I dropped 5 trees that size or bigger and burned them when we first bought our house. Well the tree guy I used to work for dropped them. I spent the next 2 months cleaning up, lol. They were way too close to the house and cars for comfort.

 

[Boobala]

Re: Ayup, it's Sundey..

Thanks Boo, but I'm sitting here feeling pretty damn stupid about the whole affair... I took the old shive apart, (removed the saltwater ruined bearings and drove out the sleeve), none, absolutely none of it was stainless, if being non-magnetic is part of the criteria. So, in all my wisdom (yeah, right!) I took the new Delrin pulley shive and re-drilled it with a 9/16" bit, which was the closest drill I had to the actual O.D. of the sleeve. Then I reamed the hole some and did what I could to enlarge it to almost the sleeve's o.d. Then I put it in a press I made some years ago (It uses a 20 ton hydraulic jack, which could easily destroy the press frame!) and pressed the sleeve through the plastic shive, leaving 1/32" of sleeve exposed on each end. Then!! THEN I realized that now instead of pinching the sides of the shive between the retaining washer and the bracket, I was now going to pinch the ends of the sleeve which sure as hell wasn't going to slip inside of the shive! So I greased it up well and left it loose enough to turn, but it still doesn't because the Delrin is so slippery..

I'm back to the drawing board.. and alternately scratching and kicking my arse..

Life is hard when you're dumb, know what I mean? ... Well, no you wouldn't 'cause you're a smart-arsed flyboy... Me? I'm just a dumb-arsed boat sailor... Probably brain damaged by oxygen starvation and too much pressure.. Or maybe too much CO2 when under pressure... as they say, "Hard tellin', not knowin' ."

Rog

U POOR BASSTURD !! here's some info to keep ya busy and learn ya proper eengrish N wrightin skils ..

https://shop.hamiltonmarine.com/departments/pot-haulers--amp--accessories-|FC|PTH.html?top=120

http://blueoceantackle.com/commercial-fishing-supply/hydro-slave-haulers/hydro-slave-pot-haulers/

https://www.google.com/search?q=cra...dAhXylOAKHfzwBlsQsAR6BAgAEAE&biw=1147&bih=936

https://www.google.com/search?clien....64.psy-ab..7.2.353...0i22i30k1.0.h_VKUZwLLIw

I KNOW U like 2 make ur own stuff, BUT comes a time to sit down with a sweetie on ur lap, an wait for the UPS guy 2 bring the parts ya Kneed 2 fis whut ya broke or kneed, now if I was back in the AF, eyed go over to the sheen shop N tell my big washeeta buddy to fraberguess 1 uv theze 4 ya, BUT that aint hapnin spend some of that hidden stash n help make america great .. agin

 

[Ronno6]

Re: MTD Yardman Transaxle Rebuild

I just checked ............ she's NOT a "notch" on MY belts, and this is belt # 521 .. :laughing:..:laughing:

That's SOME waistline!

 

[Pumper54]

Re: MTD Yardman Transaxle Rebuild

Thanks Tom...

See my admittance to Boo.. But when I have brain storm, I'll know where to look.

Roger

Use your press to press out the sleeve you installed and try it with no sleeve just running the axle inside. If it doesn't work all you have to do is recut and install the sleeve.
Make any sense?
Tom

 

[Boobala]

Re: MTD Yardman Transaxle Rebuild

I think they should QUIT gettin lobsters and crabs and just eat Pizza, & Spaghetti with Meatballs, maybe some prune juice to wash it down .. :laughing:..:laughing:

 

[Ronno6]

Re: MTD Yardman Transaxle Rebuild

I think they should QUIT gettin lobsters and crabs and just eat Pizza, & Spaghetti with Meatballs, maybe some prune juice to wash it down .. :laughing:..:laughing:

Be thankful they don't quit TURKEYS................