mjncad
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You're getting there with the mower Cyril. That's just the ticket for mowing scary ditches and near pond shore lines.
Need some help with cable controls
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4shorts
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Cyril that's a great looking set up. Your son takes awesome photo's there sir. Great looking tractor. Sure wish you'd find a cure for the cables. If there's anything on my end I can do just pm me. I have a lathe and other stuff here at the shop and if you need something made I might be able to help. Between Canada post and USPS we might make it work. That's if you trust a Kubota guy
Just a thought. Paul
8404
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I wonder why there is not a lot more of these type of mowers talked about. ive been looking for dealers and prices for this type of mower and its imposible to get a price for a new boom flail mower online, Its easy to find the large side arm mowers but to fit small tractors its impossible.
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dcyrilc
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Although I have not priced new ones personally, I've heard that they're around $18-20K new and I don't think there are alot of them around.
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dcyrilc
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Cyril that's a great looking set up. Your son takes awesome photo's there sir. Great looking tractor. Sure wish you'd find a cure for the cables. If there's anything on my end I can do just pm me. I have a lathe and other stuff here at the shop and if you need something made I might be able to help. Between Canada post and USPS we might make it work. That's if you trust a Kubota guy
Paul,
Thank you for the offer. I'll send you a PM when I'm ready to tackle it. It should be within the next week. I have a few options available and I'm trying to decide which way to go. Some of the work I'm going to do today will help in making that decision. I'll have some pictures and posts after I get home from the ranch today.
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dcyrilc
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Today went better than I expected. I figured out how to disassemble the cable and get the collar off. First I had to disassemble the control housing (pic #1). Then remove it from the housing (pic #2). Then I could slide the jacket of the cable far enough to see the hexed portion of the cable to unscrew the spool stop from the end of the cable (pic #3). After the spool stop was removed it was just a matter of screwing the collar off the end of the cable.
Another issue I have found is that there is greas in the spring centering portion of the control which is probably origionsl and is now just dried gunk. The old dried grease makes the controls very stiff and sticky. How should I go about cleaning this before regreasing? Also, what type and how much grease whould I use?
Pic #4 is of the full opened control handle and pic #5 is of the existing mounting which is on the right fender. I am going to make a bracket to be able to use this to mount the controls in this location.
Another issue I have found is that there is greas in the spring centering portion of the control which is probably origionsl and is now just dried gunk. The old dried grease makes the controls very stiff and sticky. How should I go about cleaning this before regreasing? Also, what type and how much grease whould I use?
Pic #4 is of the full opened control handle and pic #5 is of the existing mounting which is on the right fender. I am going to make a bracket to be able to use this to mount the controls in this location.
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AKKAMAAN
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Are you sure it is grease??? It could be graphite paste too....very common in different types of cables....like parking brakes etc...
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dcyrilc
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No, I'm not sure. I think it is. If you look closely at the first picture above, you can see some of it that is kind of a translucent yellowish color above the spring toward the left. The grease? around the spring is darker (dirtier?). It does look alot like dried grease. It lubricates the nylon? pieces on the shaft where the spring is located. These nylon? pieces are pulled inward to the center when the control lever is actuated and the spring provides pressure to return the lever to neutral when released. One is for each direction the lever is moved. If needed, I can get some clearer pix. All feedback here is appriciated.
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dcyrilc
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kennyd
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I would soak everything in mineral spirits to clean...then pack with new synthetic grease.
