Your last generator Maintenance Run

[3930dave]

I have never seen tire chains that perfect.

I think one is out of place by 1mm.



Nice job Lou.

Rgds, D.

 

[3930dave]

I pull the pto shaft apart and clean the grease off in the fall,
and lube it with various spray lubes makes the shaft much easier to
extend and retract, doose the coupler with the same.
Then repeat in the spring with grease.
Those chains go on quite well and I have had some practice putting them on,
2 to 6 sets once or twice a year, a couple of sets several times a year.

Smart...... w/o going to a high-performance arctic grease........ great way to avoid a sub-zero "blue" air wrestling match :thumbsup:

Rgds, D.

 

[3930dave]

That's what I found with a PTO set. Dig it out, take off current attachment, sometimes all done in the dark. Hook her up, start her up and whalla, utility power comes back on! Put everything back and put attachment back on tractor. Don't get me wrong, it's not a bad thing to have. Depends how spoiled you want to be.

It's just Hydro (Elec. Utilility) and Murphy, helping you avoid a trip to the gym that day !

Rgds, D.

 

[Industrial Toys]

Or a preparedness reddiness drill.

 

[LouNY]

I think one is out of place by 1mm.



Nice job Lou.

Rgds, D.

I'm not sure which one your looking at I was thinking it was two off them out by 1.5 but then I moved the tractor and can't find those two they went and moved on me. :drink:

As far as the pto being tough to extend, one year when i needed it I couldn't get it to move with the tractor backed up to the generator, I got get it a foot or 2 but not a couple of inchs so I pulled the tractor ahead a couple of feet hooked up the pto and backed back into the generator. That shaft has uite a bit of overlap.
Thanks Lou

 

[PILOON]

My 'go to' for PTO shafts has always been WD40 going on over 15 years now.
My stuff, by necessity, sits outdoors OK I usually tie a plastic bag over the shaft coupler.
I spray WD40 on both the tractor shaft and liberally on the coupler. Has always worked just fine for me.

I also use WD40 to flush both male and female hydraulic couplers, again never failed me.
It flushed out dirt and grit and somehow dissolved any snow or ice trapped in the female coupler.

I discovered this tactic back when I contracted snow removal and needed to couple/uncouple my Fisher blade frequently. Never failed me.

Re couplers; I also discovered that depressing the tip on the male coupler to release built up pressure made coupling much easier.

For sure other products might work but WD did it 4 me. (always a can in my tractor)

 

[3930dave]

Water Dispersant, formula #40.

Not much of a lube (not it's design target) for heavy mechanical systems, but it's great at displacing moisture, and won't interfere with mechanical action even at low temperatures. Decent product for what you describe IT.

I like it for certain things still..... just used some today on a not-that-old Walkman radio that I use outside - I've never seen another battery compartment that likes to green-fuzz the battery terminals so fast... battery not leaking, and terminals are not actually corroded, once you remove the fuzz. Weird problem.

My beef with WD40 is the can...... I prefer an aerosol, and it seems I can barely get through half a can, and it stops spraying. Not even rattle-can paint products give me that kind of trouble !

Rgds, D.

 

[Fallon]

Water Dispersant, formula #40.

Not much of a lube (not it's design target) for heavy mechanical systems, but it's great at displacing moisture, and won't interfere with mechanical action even at low temperatures. Decent product for what you describe IT.

I like it for certain things still..... just used some today on a not-that-old Walkman radio that I use outside - I've never seen another battery compartment that likes to green-fuzz the battery terminals so fast... battery not leaking, and terminals are not actually corroded, once you remove the fuzz. Weird problem.

My beef with WD40 is the can...... I prefer an aerosol, and it seems I can barely get through half a can, and it stops spraying. Not even rattle-can paint products give me that kind of trouble !

Rgds, D.

It makes a surprisingly competitive penetrating lube though even if you don't factor in it's cheap price. A pile of non-commercial reviews support that.

Spray a bunch in a cup & come back in a week though. It will have all evaporated & just left a hard nasty varnish. I'll never use it as a lube for anything I want to keep moving after I free it up and/or want to keep moving for more than a few days.

 

[dragoneggs]

Water Dispersant, formula #40.

Not much of a lube (not it's design target) for heavy mechanical systems, but it's great at displacing moisture, and won't interfere with mechanical action even at low temperatures. Decent product for what you describe IT.

I like it for certain things still..... just used some today on a not-that-old Walkman radio that I use outside - I've never seen another battery compartment that likes to green-fuzz the battery terminals so fast... battery not leaking, and terminals are not actually corroded, once you remove the fuzz. Weird problem.

My beef with WD40 is the can...... I prefer an aerosol, and it seems I can barely get through half a can, and it stops spraying. Not even rattle-can paint products give me that kind of trouble !

Rgds, D.

Not that old Walkman radio? Isn't that an oxymoron? :laughing:

I am a fan of WD-40 as well. Do you use it with a straw? Mine never clogs.

 

[Sawyer Rob]

My beef with WD40 is the can...... I prefer an aerosol, and it seems I can barely get through half a can, and it stops spraying. Not even rattle-can paint products give me that kind of trouble !
Rgds, D.

The reason is, they have a machine that picks out the reject cans... Those they send to Canada... ha ha ha

SR