Recent content by Vegasthemole

New idea, maybe there is a new part number for the gear that this meshes with for the half shaft that would better match the angle and cut of this gear? Not sure nolts is open today but I guess I’ll start there.

Well… I’m no machinist either but I do have a lathe… Tried turning the new gear down to fit in the hub, Machining went slow as to not heat it up and ruin the hardening. Reassembly went ok but that gear is just not close enough to the first to jive. I don’t know much about gear mesh but I do...

Well… I’m no machinist either but I do have a lathe… Tried turning the new gear down to fit in the hub, Machining went slow as to not heat it up and ruin the hardening. Reassembly went ok but that gear is just not close enough to the first to jive. I don’t know much about gear mesh but I do...

Honestly, just moving dirt. I’m relatively delicate with this unit and I was scooping base coarse from a pile to move to a drive way. The fact that the new gears are much stouter is maybe an indication that there was an issue with the older gears. The main problem I’m having is that this gear...

New gear is much stouter than what I removed.

Hello, first post as well, First off thank you to @leboeuf for posting this. I tried tracking down parts through cub cadet who has them listed as obsolete, without this thread I’d have never figured out that the 8454 was a rebadge kioti. I’m having a similar issue with my cub cadet 8454 ss, I...