Implement Lift Rod Repair
 

Howdy. I have 3 lift rods for my Narrow Frame all in some sort of
disrepair. Wanting to get parts for the 125 but want to make sure I
have an Idea where I a going.
I know I need to buy the button that you depress that threads in from
the very top. I am a little fuzzy on the button that goes in on the side
to hold it in the float position. As you can see the one is missing entirely,
The others are there but are messed up.
Does the side button just press in and pop out on its own or am I missing
something here? Am thinking I just need to pull what is left of the ones
in pics and the new button has all I need.. boy I hope that makes sense.
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I am thinking if I buy #1 #3 and #4 I should be able to fix this?
I have the springs but not the spring washer, will a lock washer do?
Hope you all are well and enjoying summer, hot here except in the morning , had 38 degrees this morning.

Ken

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Yeah that makes sense, BTDT, be careful when you put the button in, very easy to damage it.

The main problem that I see is the sleeve that the float button rides in.
There is a lip on the inner edge of the sleeve that keeps the float button from exiting.
Yours look pretty mangled and I don't see that sleeve as being a purchasable item.
You may have to fab your own.

In addition, I seem to remember a small spring behind the float button to keep it popped out, but I don't see anything like that in the parts drawing either.
Maybe someone else has better recollection.

I was hoping that sleeve was part of the button assembly as the one
I am trying to repair in PIC 1 is just and empty hole. I am guessing that
if for some reason the float button isn't what I hope. I can still get a wire
bail that was on some of the earlier ones to hold it in float. thanks for
the input.

Ken

They do sell #4 pull out the old mangled part and put the new float lock button in.

Number 4 is the button itself. What part number is his mangled part??

The spring is part & parcel of the button ass'y

The washer in the tube itself keeps the large spring from falling down inside the tube.
THese parts need to be kept clean and lubed from tome to time and kept from getting rusty.

The part that is mangled is the housing for the button ass'y and needs to be removed.
Vise grip will work for this with a little bit of WD or what have you

Call me a neb-nose, but where does one procure a new "housing for the button" if the one you have is all bent to sch!tt?

I believe what Fins. is saying is that the housing for the button is part of
the button assembly. I am hoping that is the case at 20 plus dollars for the
button alone. Heck I can buy 4 gallons of gas for that price. Thanks again
for the help. I will get some parts ordered today and we shall see.

Ken

The button is a spring loaded ass'y and what you are seeing in that pic is the remains of it.
It is a friction/press fit in the handle and should not be loose.
Tap or press it into place using a socket that will rest on the body of the button and not the button proper.

Finally getting around to working on this again today. Figured I would
put a couple pics in with this thread of the parts for the next guy needing
the help I needed.
I guess I will just put a standard lock washer in the tube as I can't
seem to find an actual "Spring Washer" for it.
Hopefully get er done up today and then I can take the wire off the
lift handle that holds the deck at the height I wanted.

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Got a buddy w/a lathe?
Have him make you one, piece of cake actually.

I don't have any friends with a lathe here, but at least they do have boats.
Got this mostly back together. Not being able to find the right washer
for this I decided to customize my own. Sheeesh. I could not quite get
the inside and outside diameter just right. It always hung up in the tube
and would not allow spring and rod to travel free in the tube. After way
to much dinking around I scrapped the washer and put it back
together, works just dandy. I didn't put the float button back in yet. Figuring
I would hold off on that one since it's use is for the snow thrower. Should
be a couple weeks yet before I need that, maybe. Nice to have the deck
working again.

Ken

You can capture your washer between two nuts on a bolt, chuck up your bolt in your hand drill, run the drill against a file or a grinder. Crude, but it will shrink the outside diameter down.

That is a cool idea Gary. I was actually having to shave down the O.D. as
well as increase the I.D. so that would have worked better. The old
vice grip holding a washer on the bench grinder has it's limits when
it comes to accuracy.

Ken

The spring will likely get crammed right past the indent on the handle and get hung up and stuck.

PM me your address and I will make you a few of them.
No charge.

Dave

Finished this up yesterday and all is well. Thank you again to all that helped'

I once again had to laugh at myself. I recently had a discussion with
with myself about skills I need to improve on. One of the topics was pay
more attention to the sequence of disassembly so when I reassemble I
can quit backtracking from missed steps. While I am improving in that area
as you can plainly see from the picture I have a ways to go.:biggrin2:
Nothing a razor blade and some Gorilla tape couldn't cure.

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