Well last night I had to clean hy-tran off of the floor and tractor because my 682 I just got has already broke the roll pin and the cast iron part that goes on the input of the tranny and....... ripped a hole in the oil filter. :bash2:

Man, I haven't even had 30 minutes of play time on it yet. :angry:



Randy

Man I keep hearing about this, I wonder if guys are replacing these with the wrong pins?


Scott

Part of the problem is that cast coupler is pretty soft, gets worn, and starts wobbling on the shaft, which destroys the spirol pins even faster. Time for a new coupler, rag joints, and spherical ball bushing...

Pulled a few bushes out with it. Got tension on the bush(stubs) and hacked the roots with a wood splitting maul. When they got loose enough I yanked them out with the mighty Cub! Then hauled the extra dirt(after planting some azeleas) to a drain line in my yard where grass is having trouble growing. Love this tractor!

My rag joints look brand new, I am assuming there was a problem there already and probably patched it up enough to sell it.

Where is the spherical ball bushing?


Thanks,Randy

It's inside the input shaft coupler on the transmission; the driveshaft pilots in it. It'll be obvious if you take the driveshaft apart to replace the coupler. They wear out and fall apart, and then the driveshaft wobbles and helps further wear the rear coupler.

Thanks Matt.



Randy

I pulled off the snow blade (which now somehow has a bent frame, though not bad), changed the engine oil and air filter, and drained the hydro. Time for new Hytran!

While I have the back cover off, I am painting it and drilling a 3/4 inch hole in the hitch plate.

Next, I am going to bring in the mower deck and sand down the rust under the cover. Then a bit of primer and paint, and reassembly on the tractor.

It's getting close to mowing time!!

I just got in from spending a few hours plowing at the Riverside Plow Day!!! My first real experience plowing, and boy was it fun! I was pretty impressed by the 73...not as big, powerful, and glamorous as most of the tractors there, but it got the job done well. Hope you all had as much fun as I did! Jason

I also got some seat time in today. My wife trimmed the hedges, and I hauled the clippings.

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