[mikeangelini]

Hello all!

Thanks again for the previous help on my flex coupled issue.
New flange on the way. Hope to have it fixed this weekend.

New question:
While I have this tractor in the shop...I noticed that these rubber mounts look pretty bad. See pictures.

I ran the engine without the driveshaft, and it didn’t seem to move or shakenaround much at all. But there was no load on it either.

Should these be changed?

The rear mounting bolts in the picture look loose.
It may be because of the rubber is distorted. Not sure.
I tried to tighten this, but I can’t find a way to hold the top of the bolt from turning.

I worry that this will ruin the new flange and flex coupler.

This machine only gets ran to pull a couple trailers occasionally.
If I can get 50 hours out of the new flex coupler and flange the way it is, I would probably avoid ripping it apart.
Should this get repaired?
Do I need to pull the engine out, etc to do it?

One of the pictures is upside down, sorry.

Thanks again.
I wish I had more time to work on it cause I enjoy it.

Mike

Langhorne, PA