126 Grill Screen Retainer Spring?
 

I finally found a grill screen for my 126. Have looked around 2 local hardware stores and haven't had any luck finding the cone springs that are used to hold grill in place. Still haven't tried Ace,True Value, or Tractor Supply yet. If I don't have any luck finding anything do yall have any other ways that you install these screens ? Thanks in advance.

You are probably not going to find them anywhere like a hardware store. Our Sponsors up at the top of the page will have them and you can still get them from Cub Cadet Part #: IH-391347-R2 About $8/ea.

i've seen these springs but i don't have them on my 127. i think the po cut out a piece of expanded sheet metal and used that for a grill. what is the purpose of these and how do they work?

If you know what they look like they are not hard to make, especially if you have one setting there. :bigthink:

Grab a piece of spring wire with needle nose pliers, so the end of the wire is pointing down towards the plier handles.

Wrap the spring wire down the jaws of the pliers, you get the cone shape.

Bend the piece you had in the jaws of the pliers to the "L" shaped hook.

Cheap too, if you have access to some spring wire. :biggrin2:

I'm not entirely sure of that spring's purpose, but if McMaster-Carr (www.mcmaster.com) and Carr Lane (www.carrlane.com) don't have it, you've got an odd animal indeed!!!

I would swear I saw them in a store somewhere one time, but for the life of me I can't remember where.

But no, they aren't the kind of thing that you pick up at the local hardware store.

Great idea on how to make them! But I still don't know what the heck they do!:bigthink:

In the cast iron grill there are two tabs with eyes, one on each side. The grill pushes up against these eyes from the front, and the grill spring is inserted against the eye from the backside, with the hook going through the eye, through the grill, then you turn it 45 degrees or so, and lock it around the grill metal.

Hope this helps. When I get home this afternoon, I will tajke a pic.

I've got screws holding my screen in place. That being said, I do not have the correct screen for the front of my 147.

Here rae some pics. They suck. Sorry.

I think the sponsors above can help you. I also know that Steiner Tractor Parts carries them, They specialize in full-sized tractors, but their IH section has some repo and genuine IH Cub Cadet parts. www.steinertractor.com

You can use small zipties to hold the grille in.

Thanks for all the replies. I get it now.

There's a set on ebay: http://www.ebay.com/itm/IH-CUB-CADET...-/290916282094

1450 grill
 

The pictures solved my problem. Have a new grill and the springs but there is nothing in any of the shop manuals showing them installed. Now, if I can just figure out what a stator does (think it does the same thing as a alt/gen, but not sure (and don't think you need both).

Welcome to OCC!!

I'm glad the pics helped you.
The springs install from the back side, it's really pretty simple to figure out.

As far as a stator, it's the same thing as an alternator. It's different from a starter generator like the older machines have. No you do not need a generator and a stator.

If you have a question about your machine, or the charging system, please start a new thread in the proper section. That way you can get the help you need. Make sure you tell us what model of tractor you are working on. We will know what motor it has by the model number, and year is irrelevant.

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