1811 mule drive

1811woody · #1 10-09-2010, 01:45 AM

Yet another question about my 1811 (which is fairly new to me ). In getting set up for the winter I removed the mower deck and mule drive. There were two bolts one on each side, towards the front, which bolted the mule drive to the frame they were nutted on the inside of the frame so it made it a pain to get to them. After fitting my QA36 (that's another thread) snow blower, I needed to put the deck back on so I can run my leaf vac so in putting the mule drive back on I decided to see what was the need for the bolts What I saw was, that all the pins were there and the spring loaded keeper worked good. So it wasn't going to just come off but there is a gap of about 1/4 inch per side between the frame and the mule which would cause a lot of noise and wear due to vibration so with the bolts installed. It would close that gap, but I would be forcing the mule to fit and there goes the quick attach. So my question is, this is there supposed to be a gap there and the bolts are supposed to be there or is there supposed to be a gap and dont worry about the vibration. (If either one of those is the case then that's the first poor design that I've seen on the otherwise very impressive pre MTD (Cub Cadet ) I supposed there my be a chance that the previous owner swapped this mule from another model? Any info will be appreciated Doug

Methos · #2 10-09-2010, 03:22 AM

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Originally Posted by 1811woody

Yet another guestion about my 1811 (which is fairly new to me )in getting set up for the winter I removed the mower deck and mule drive there were two bolts one on each side towards the front which bolted the mule drive to the frame they were nuted on the inside of the frame so it made it a pain to get to them ,after fitting my qa36 (thats another thread) snow blower I needed to put the deck back on so i can run my leaf vac so in putting the mule drive back on I decided to see what was the need for the bolts what I saw was that all the pins were there and the spring loaded keeper worked good so It wasn't going to just come off but there is a gap of about 1/4 inch per side between the frame and the mule which would cause a lot of noise and wear due to vibration so with the bolts installed it would close that gap but I would be forcing the mule to fit and there goes the quick attach so my question is this is there supposed to be a gap there and the bolts are supposed to be there or is there supposed to be a gap and dont worry about the vibration (If either one of those is the case then thats the first poor design that I've seen on the otherwise very impressive pre mtd cub cadet ) I supposed there my be a chance that the pre owner swaped this mule from another model? Any info will be appreaciated Doug

Doug a picture would be most helpful.

jeffscub · #3 10-09-2010, 08:17 AM

I'm not familiar with that model at all. but, on my 108, 1200, and 1450, there are bolts on the side of the frame towards the front (they look like frankenstein electrodes). That is where my mule gear slides on and "hooks" at. I have a slight gap between the hooks and the frame. you don't want it too sloppy cause of wear, vibration noise, etc, etc and you don't want it to tight due to the loss of "quick disconnect". IMO, I would say that the part that clips to the bolts is maybe warped or spread to far open. I hope this helps you some, but there will be someone else who is by far a lot smarter than me on this subject chime in. Jeff

TEET · #4 10-09-2010, 12:04 PM

Sounds to me like your talking about the holes in the front of the mule drive right? If so I don't believe any of the 82 series tractors came from the factory with corresponding holes in the frame. I have 2 -82 series now, and have owned several over the years including a 1811, and none of them have had the matching holes in the frame. My best guess is that the previous owner may have tweaked the mule drive some how, maybe by hitting something with it, and bending it out of shape. He probably then drilled holes in the frame where the 2 holes are in the mule drive to make it fit better...its just a thought. The mule drives on my 682 and 1211 have no gaps or play when mounted using the QA ..they do vibrate a very small amount, but not enough to do any damage. I would take the mule drive off and give it a once over to check and see if its been damaged, you can possibly bend it back into shape and get it to fit the way it should without having to pin it to the frame.

Goad luck,

Jeff (teet)

1811woody · #5 10-09-2010, 05:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Methos

Doug a picture would be most helpful.

Yes a picture would be nice BUT I'm having trouble posting one

I run the Vista OS which has windows photo gallery and I cant find a way to export from that any ideas on that subject would be helpful to all! Thanks

TEET · #6 10-09-2010, 05:36 PM

Do you use any photo software to upload pics like Kodak Easyshare? There is a way to upload from photo gallery, I have done it with my Vista os. You may have to select "public" instead of "pictures" when you brows for pics, thats where they are filed on mine....good luck. You can also try a host like Photobucket as well.

Jeff (teet)

1811woody · #7 10-10-2010, 04:55 AM

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Originally Posted by TEET

Do you use any photo software to upload pics like Kodak Easyshare? There is a way to upload from photo gallery, I have done it with my Vista os. You may have to select "public" instead of "pictures" when you brows for pics, thats where they are filed on mine....good luck. You can also try a host like Photobucket as well.

Jeff (teet)

no I didnt want to cloud my computer with to much software but at this point Im all in favor of deleting windows picture and going to a differant soft ware , I may be able to load from the sd card I'll also try public thanks for the input!!

R Bedell · #8 10-10-2010, 07:28 AM

1811:

You do NOT need a photo exporting software. Click on this link and then post away.... Image Attachment