Dmacleo
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- Joined
- Sep 11, 2020
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- Location
- Etna, Maine
- Tractor
- 2010 MF GC2400 Owner, 2012 MF1532 User
yeah lot of shipping for a 5$ part. lindstroms was 25$ cheapest ship. already gone thru that google search which is why I asked if anyone knew an aftermarket/other brand number.
thought about that but...one branch on ground tears pin off. I would not notice. I lift deck and lose a 350$ axle/wheel assy. my plan was, if dealer did not have them (and they did), was to insert a clevis pin into the retaining pin (lot of pins LOL ) and safety wire it. I got at least 150ft of .032 safety wire left over from my airline days.
thing is...I do full service on each implement before storing. so that pin had to fall out over the course of 5 minutes and a 150' trip up to the shed door. I literally went out with a dewalt 24v light looking for the clip. no luck.whatever got spares now.just pissed me off how it happened.I lost one near the end of the season last year. Lost the pin as well. Luckily I noticed before the wheel fell out. I used a spare shear pin for my snow blower PTO shaft as a temp fix, it's still in there waiting for me to replace when I get my mower ready. Dealer had none. Quoted me the same price as you found online, plus shipping if I wanted them in a hurry. Luckily I could wait. The only problem with using a shear pin is that you need tools to adjust the wheel height.
yeah I got a ton to pickup also.I have yet to even get mine out from behind my boat... but that'll have to happen soon. I'm still involved in picking up the thousands of tree limbs, branches, twigs, etc off my lawn. We had a very windy winter!