GC2400 trunnion bearing for pedals

[Dmacleo]

anyone ever change this bearing (item 2 on pic) on gc2400 (may be same on 1710 series can't remember) and if so was it as simple as it looks?

I have to lube this with spray lithium often due to pedal sticking.the bearing is fairly cheap (around 13$) and looks simple.
just figured I'd ask if anyone has personal experience.

 

[DaleAP]

No idea but there was a recall on those tractors for sticking pedals.

 

[Dmacleo]

No idea but there was a recall on those tractors for sticking pedals.

Would that apply to 11 year old tractor still? Know it applied to a 2015 GC1710 we had but this older 2400 may be hard to prove.
Any idea on recall details, I forget the specifics.

 

[DaleAP]

Mine is a 2008 and it had the recall. No idea what they did but it didn’t seem to help much. In the winter you have to be careful because it sticks worse.

 

[Dmacleo]

Mine is a 2008 and it had the recall. No idea what they did but it didn’t seem to help much. In the winter you have to be careful because it sticks worse.

I'll check with dealer on that sometime thanks

 

[Dmacleo]

Mine is a 2008 and it had the recall. No idea what they did but it didn’t seem to help much. In the winter you have to be careful because it sticks worse.

ok found out what this was, wasn't a recall but a service bulletin to upfit gc2300 and early ser # gc2400 to the newer ser # gc2400 style. it affected pedal bushings and linkages but not this bearing in question.

 

[Cat385B]

Is that a regular or a novertrunnion?

The turbo-encabulator has now reached a high level of development, and it’s being successfully used in the operation of novertrunnions. Moreover, whenever a forescent skor motion is required, it may also be employed in conjunction with a drawn reciprocation dingle arm, to reduce sinusoidal repleneration.”

 

[irvingj]

...Like when you have bent fritzler arms, right?

 

[Dmacleo]

pipe down or I'll have you change my muffler bearings LOL

 

[Dmacleo]

changed it last night/today. getting old one out was a pain as the side plate for cruise and implement lift lever upport needs to be removed.
to remove it need to push the roll pins out of range control and 4wd levers.
course there is NO way to put a punch in place and have room to swing even a small ball peen hammer.
didn't have (but am ordering) roll pin tool kit and will use air hammer against end instead of swinging hammer.

so had to do it the hard way. first save your self hassle later unbolt pedal return spring then unbolt plate, cables and links attached to plate, lift "rod" that goes from lever to the actual lift arm.
then had to (course removed clip that holds bearing on directional control shaft) wiggle plate off bearing (was pain but you do have 1/2 inch play from mounts when done) then I could access back side of bearing and with bar/screw driver get it moved out a bit.
then slide plate back over bearing using flat punch tap it back further onto bearing. get under lever bearing out more.
after 2 or 3 times bearing will clear front of plate and come off shaft. just bearing remove this way took me an hour.
cleaned up surfaces and new bearing install with plate slid over and and clip back in took 10 minutes.
rest of bolting back up was straight fwd, just make sure to keep spacer in place on the eccentric for spring return and make sure its pawl is in place on plate before any bolting. I drpped both the spacer and eccentric had to waste 15 minutes messing with that.

pedal now returns to neutral on its own and presses little easier.