Treddle Tear Down

[woodlandfarms]

So just a quick photo blog if you want it. As the machine is down until the wheel motor is rebuilt, I have decided to tear into old and new issues.. One is that my machine goes faster forward than reverse. Talked to Terry, he said just take the treddle apart. I did, here are all the parts and no issue I could see.

That said, he said I wasn't listening. He claims he said swap the hoses first, that will tell you wether it was the Treddle. Oh well. Lots of metric hexes BTW.

One thing that was interesting was the tops of the push valves, the contacts are a bit off. you can see where grooves have been ground into the casing. (picture #1) and the dents from the pegs as well. Rotated everything so it is contacting a new area but...

 

[ponytug]

Was Terry suggesting a swap at the pump or the treadle?

All the best,

Peter

 

[woodlandfarms]

Pump. Treadle not easy to get to.

 

[MossRoad]

ah, so swap the two treadle hoses and if it's the treadle, it should go faster in reverse than forward? If its the pump, the symptom won't change?

 

[woodlandfarms]

Yup, exactly. I instead took the long road and tore apart something that probably doesn't need tearing. Typical Carl fashion.

 

[cqaigy2]

Yup, exactly. I instead took the long road and tore apart something that probably doesn't need tearing. Typical Carl fashion.

That's what it's called? I've been using that method all my life and wondered where it came from....

 

[BobRip]

So it痴 not my fault I do that. Great!