Its been a while since I posted any updates on my progress, so here goes. The gentleman who sold me a good used crank also gave me a set of axle tubes & matching shafts that used the roller bearings instead of the bushings for a good price. I also received my motor back from the shop about a month ago and last week started putting it back together. The stats on that came out to be:
- Cylinder bored .020" over
- Crank cut .010" under
- New Kohler .010" under rod
- New Kohler .020" over piston & rings
- New exhaust valve (my old one couldn't be saved - burnt)
- Milled head (it was about .040" flatness before milling... eek!)
- Removed all of the keys from the good crank
I did get the bearing-equipped axle tubes & shafts in the transmission and sealed it back up with new gaskets. The axle bearings looked good though I did install new seals to be on the safe side. I didn't fill the transmission with fluid yet 'cause I may need to pull the shafts out to chase/fix the threads for the wheel studs since I only can get 3 on one side and 2 on the other to thread in halfway decent. The rearend that the parts came off of has been outside for a while so the threads have some moderate rust.
Decided I'm not going to paint the tractor this year and will only paint the motor & associated parts and put it back in the tractor. I'll save the rest of the painting for spring when I have a few weeks to wait for the snow to melt and the ground to dry out before mowing starts up again.
As a funny sidenote, its becoming more apparent that it is easier, cheaper, faster & more user friendly to order parts from our site sponsers (I'm a Cub Classics fan now
) than going to my Cub Cadet dealer who is 4 miles up the road. I find that odd as I figured the dealer have better service & pricing than someone online.
Plus a bunch of new pictures. Enjoy everyone.
