countax mower problem

doobin

doobin

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just had another look and the inside of the pully is completely smooth where the splines should be so would have to make some kind of spacer so the pully sits central on the shaft
Loctite. Forget the grade but there's one for fitting bearing inner races to damaged shafts, takes up a stupid amount of slop and will hold it tight too- wouldn't even need to weld.You might possibly want a new fan if your fan splines are missing as I'm not sure how loctite would bond to the plastic, they are around £8 on ebay.

Won't matter if that little plastic fan is slightly off centre either, they are hardly precision balanced as it is!
 
V8Druid

V8Druid

do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
If you put the pulley on the shaft can you then drill a hole down the join between the two parts and drop a dowel pin in to work as a key?
bet the shaft is hard though Rob :(
 
V8Druid

V8Druid

do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
Loctite. Forget the grade but there's one for fitting bearing inner races to damaged shafts, takes up a stupid amount of slop and will hold it tight too- wouldn't even need to weld.You might possibly want a new fan if your fan splines are missing as I'm not sure how loctite would bond to the plastic, they are around £8 on ebay.

Won't matter if that little plastic fan is slightly off centre either, they are hardly precision balanced as it is!
Loctite Hysol 3421, Devcon, Belzona, JB weld, ... any of the 'plastic metals' ... no chance of getting the pulley off again in one piece
 
doobin

doobin

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Loctite Hysol 3421, Devcon, Belzona, JB weld, ... any of the 'plastic metals' ... no chance of getting the pulley off again in one piece
Not quite what I was thinking, this is a product for worn shafts (no sniggering at the back). It will come off with suitable heat.
 
modelman093

modelman093

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Dug out our service advisory from 2009 !!
 

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sandy2210

sandy2210

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just to thank you all for the suggestions with help and thanks to Robbie from "crofts and lochs engineering" (who i would highly recommend to anyone local) mower now fixed new shaft and pully fitted and after a fair bit of bleeding its now just waiting for a dry night for a proper workout
many thanks for the various suggestions they were most helpful and saved a lot of time money and hassle
 
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robert686

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If you put the pulley on the shaft can you then drill a hole down the join between the two parts and drop a dowel pin in to work as a key?
Hi .does anyone know if I can change the seal on a countax a230d transmission. Its on the shaft that has the pulley and fan on ..
 
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Pops Hall

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there is a guy in cumbria who breaks countax tractors , I bought a deck of him via ebay he may be worth a try if you want to save some money over new prices
I bought a replacement deck complete from Monow Mowers it has 3 times the metal thickness of the original deck, always been great to speak to and ask, have to keep the whole machine clean and in the dry once you’ve used it,
 
V8Druid

V8Druid

do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
I bought a replacement deck complete from Monow Mowers it has 3 times the metal thickness of the original deck, always been great to speak to and ask, have to keep the whole machine clean and in the dry once you’ve used it,
as the originals were 1.6mm it must be quite some deck ... any pix ... what did it cost and when?
 
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Pops Hall

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as the originals were 1.6mm it must be quite some deck ... any pix ... what did it cost and when?
It’s really well made V8 Druid, so so heavy it wasn’t cheap around £ 800, cut my paddock last week, first time for 5 months so long long grass raised the grass collector and left the cut stuff down, ran it full speed but drove slowly, even surprised myself, slightly wet grass hosed the deck clean no problems, get a dry day and do it again, pity they don’t come with a suitable Budweiser holder, I’ve had this deck 2 years, taken it off once to really clean it, which is a good idea unless you can get it up really high,
The tractors are very good, kept an old one just for towing stuff,
I’ll see if I can get a decent shot next time I’m on it,
 
V8Druid

V8Druid

do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
It’s really well made V8 Druid, so so heavy it wasn’t cheap around £ 800, cut my paddock last week, first time for 5 months so long long grass raised the grass collector and left the cut stuff down, ran it full speed but drove slowly, even surprised myself, slightly wet grass hosed the deck clean no problems, get a dry day and do it again, pity they don’t come with a suitable Budweiser holder, I’ve had this deck 2 years, taken it off once to really clean it, which is a good idea unless you can get it up really high,
The tractors are very good, kept an old one just for towing stuff,
I’ll see if I can get a decent shot next time I’m on it,
sounds awesome .... I take my deck off several times through the season and thoroughly clean it -- it's a mulcher with the insert, so does trap tish everywhere... ours is in need of 'the chop' but the ground is just too wet to think about it - not stopped growing all winter :mad: and is far too much for a first cut with the Countax .. will almost certainly put the Dane round it first, as that takes no prisoners and collect it up with the Countax...... then see where I'm at ... gonna have to dry some yet though:rolleyes::(
 
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Pops Hall

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Problem with domestic cutters belt driven certainly do not like long or wet grass
be better if they had a sensible direct drive with a shear pin all that stuff to drive a couple of blades, one to drive the top pulley then the huge one inside to contra rotate the blades huge loss of engine power, need a decent design engineer to solve that, 1 shaft and a small contra belt perhaps, no more rain and a steady cut,
 
modelman093

modelman093

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as the originals were 1.6mm it must be quite some deck ... any pix ... what did it cost and when?
Sounds like what was known as the High Grass Mulching deck that was usually only available for the larger A Series tractors. If memory serves me right was not a direct swap onto the usual domestic C or K series machines - but it was a while back !
 
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