Another Case of Production Design not Communicating with Mainenance Design

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Originally Posted by Saitch

About 12 months ago, i had to replace the generator belt on my tractor. I went to a very popular tractor brand dealer with the old belt. On showing it to them, I was told that they couldn't give me a belt going by the size, but needed the part number.

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In fairness I think that would be ok. a. The belt has stretched (they never seem to shrink)[bighmmm] By how much, who could say?

b. The part No is usually on the belt but gets degraded with wear & crap & is difficult to locate, even if it was there in the first instance.


They don't usually respond by giving you 3 belts for you to try & return the ones that it ain't.


Now back in the Fridgie days the bloke behind the counter being a practical Bloke realised the problem & you were trusted to return the unused belts. They normally did bill you for them all & issue a credit on their return & that usually happened the same day if possible.

Most good bearing places will either have or can get the correct belt.

Hello All,

I had dinner. I got bored. I went into the shed and dropped the ride-on's differential/transmission. I jacked the chassis up. Bent the chassis one way and the diff the other and finagled the wrong-sized V-belt out. The belt has been reunited with its packaging and is all ready to be returned and replaced with the correct sized belt tomorrow morning.

Realistically, I will have to tame a couple of acres with the tractor slasher first. Then wait a day or so and go over the lot with the ride-on to make area look good again. The slasher is definitely not 'finishing mower' grade. The trouble is the ride-on is being worked just near the front doors of the shed and the tractor is parked behind the ride-on. The ride-on has to come out before the tractor can come out of.shed, when it does so the ride-on will be moving under its own power.

The grass is still growing longer ... We have had a dab of rain up here over the past month or so. This time last year we were losing drought tolerant plants because it was so dry. Now we are losing plants because their toes are too wet.

Kind regards
Lionel

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Originally Posted by Lionelgee

Hello All,

I had dinner. I got bored. I went into the shed and dropped the ride-on's differential/transmission. I jacked the chassis up. Bent the chassis one way and the diff the other and finagled the wrong-sized V-belt out. The belt has been reunited with its packaging and is all ready to be returned and replaced with the correct sized belt tomorrow morning.

Realistically, I will have to tame a couple of acres with the tractor slasher first. Then wait a day or so and go over the lot with the ride-on to make area look good again. The slasher is definitely not 'finishing mower' grade. The trouble is the ride-on is being worked just near the front doors of the shed and the tractor is parked behind the ride-on. The ride-on has to come out before the tractor can come out of.shed, when it does so the ride-on will be moving under its own power.

The grass is still growing longer ... We have had a dab of rain up here over the past month or so. This time last year we were losing drought tolerant plants because it was so dry. Now we are losing plants because their toes are too wet.

Kind regards
Lionel

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Meant to add.

The pedestals I fitted do have std grease Nipples (1 each) but are not made for routine Maint being so difficult to get a Small grease gun onto. Ok when doing new blades & stuff around there. A gun with a flexible tube might be ok at a pinch. Unlike my first replacement Pedestals that didn't even have sealed race bearings [bawl] these are much better.

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Originally Posted by Lionelgee

Hello All,

I had dinner. I got bored. I went into the shed and dropped the ride-on's differential/transmission. I jacked the chassis up. Bent the chassis one way and the diff the other and finagled the wrong-sized V-belt out. The belt has been reunited with its packaging and is all ready to be returned and replaced with the correct sized belt tomorrow morning.

Realistically, I will have to tame a couple of acres with the tractor slasher first. Then wait a day or so and go over the lot with the ride-on to make area look good again. The slasher is definitely not 'finishing mower' grade. The trouble is the ride-on is being worked just near the front doors of the shed and the tractor is parked behind the ride-on. The ride-on has to come out before the tractor can come out of.shed, when it does so the ride-on will be moving under its own power.

The grass is still growing longer ... We have had a dab of rain up here over the past month or so. This time last year we were losing drought tolerant plants because it was so dry. Now we are losing plants because their toes are too wet.

Kind regards
Lionel

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It has often been said "When things like that arise take 10 mins & have a cuppa tea". Things seem to go a bit easier afterwards & I suppose it is because we get bogged down & following the same routine each time you try. Anyway, it works for me. :BigThumb::Rolling:

Good Grief ..... I just purchased a "new" mower .......... Well new to me. The only decent mowers I could see looked to start at lots of $$$ .... nothing decent seemed to exist until I hit commercial type zero turns with fabricated decks.

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a 20 year old "new" mower from a deceased estate. looks to be fabricated from 3mm plate steel .... made in horsham from what appears to be readily available industrial parts. All the belts are swinging in the breeze underneath. Its like they said "what would make everything simple to get too" .... by having a front deck, there is no restrictions underneath. To get to the blades, you just throw a jack under the deck and it'll lift up until it touches the body of the mower.

In 1990 we bought our first car, it was a 90 turbo diesel. Before I bought it I phoned up a maindealer and asked for the price of various parts. The reason I did this was that at the time my work van was a little Daihatsu Charade and I knew from the company how unhappy they were with the price of parts. The price for the Land Rover 90 parts were cheaper than the parts for the Daihatsu Charade.
People always eulogise over Japanese cars and engines, but the Daihatsu charade were the last Japanese vehicles the company ever bought. Basic parts even for servicing were astronomically expensive.
My speedometer cable went and no one had it in stock as it was so expensive..Now they lease everything but it is always European like Renault, Peugeot or Citroen etc. They have some LDV vans which were/are an unmitigated disaster. They are from China.. They come over here flat packed and are assembled here.LDV - Harris Group - Light commercial vehicles and mini-buses

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Originally Posted by DoubleChevron

Good Grief ..... I just purchased a "new" mower .......... Well new to me. The only decent mowers I could see looked to start at lots of $$$ .... nothing decent seemed to exist until I hit commercial type zero turns with fabricated decks.

Attachment 175664


a 20 year old "new" mower from a deceased estate. looks to be fabricated from 3mm plate steel .... made in horsham from what appears to be readily available industrial parts. All the belts are swinging in the breeze underneath. Its like they said "what would make everything simple to get too" .... by having a front deck, there is no restrictions underneath. To get to the blades, you just throw a jack under the deck and it'll lift up until it touches the body of the mower.

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Nice, I can see you will be adding that to your long Signature.[bighmmm][bigrolf]

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Originally Posted by scarry

Most good bearing places will either have or can get the correct belt.

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Yep, that's what I did. Easy as.

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Originally Posted by DoubleChevron

Good Grief ..... I just purchased a "new" mower .......... Well new to me. The only decent mowers I could see looked to start at lots of $$$ .... nothing decent seemed to exist until I hit commercial type zero turns with fabricated decks.

Attachment 175664


a 20 year old "new" mower from a deceased estate. looks to be fabricated from 3mm plate steel .... made in horsham from what appears to be readily available industrial parts. All the belts are swinging in the breeze underneath. Its like they said "what would make everything simple to get too" .... by having a front deck, there is no restrictions underneath. To get to the blades, you just throw a jack under the deck and it'll lift up until it touches the body of the mower.

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Just noticed the seat is contoured/sculpted to suit one's arris so no sliding across for you.


Is there a name on the seat & if I fail to find a similar one could you tell me the Mower's makers name. It could be worth a try if they still exist.