Get your minds from the gutters, not THAT kind of tranny!
Been experiencing loss of power to the wheels after maybe an hour of use with my D110. Even when cold there would be a hesitation in movement. Figured it maybe was the drive belt getting hot and slipping, but after doing some reading, it sounded more and more like the oil in the hydrostatic trans was the culprit. Trans is a tuff torq t40 from what I was able to find, and is used on a lot of riding mowers.
My mower is 5 years old, with 114hrs, which isnt a lot, but we live on hilly terrain, and Im sure the mower is undersized for our property, so prolly putting a lot more strain on things than normal.
Rather than shell out dough for someone else to swap trans oil, I figured it couldnt be that bad to do..and really it wasnt... just a pain since there are no drain plugs on bottom, and you gotta pull it, and super tight area to work in.
The only tricks Id say is use a 6mm allen wrench on the belt retainer shaft thing (by the spindle on input shaft..its name is eluding me now). I didnt realize it was cut for an allen wrnech on top due to debris on it. Getting an adjustable wrench in there was a pain, so I opted to pull the fan, then belt spindle after 10min of struggling. Allen wrench woulda saved time.
Snap ring on input shaft for fan is half inch in diameter...yeah..sorta didnt fully seat it first time and had to buy a new one after initial test run..tractor supply has them, two for a buck.
Oil..went with synthetic 10w-40. Supposed to use 10w-50, but oddly couldnt find any at the local wally when I looked. The original looked watery and black coming out too.
Whole thing was maybe 2.5hrs of work, taking my time. Could probably cut that down by 45m next time.
Hows it run? Seems like power is definitely back going up hill...no hesitation like before in my trial runs up hill, but will have a better idea next time I mow and it gets hot. Speaking of getting hot..I also took the time to brush all the caked on dirt off.. heat was likely a contributing factor to what toasted the oil the first time round.
Itd be nice if there was some easier way to facilitate an oil change in the thing, but engineers sometimes dont think about maintenance work!
Been experiencing loss of power to the wheels after maybe an hour of use with my D110. Even when cold there would be a hesitation in movement. Figured it maybe was the drive belt getting hot and slipping, but after doing some reading, it sounded more and more like the oil in the hydrostatic trans was the culprit. Trans is a tuff torq t40 from what I was able to find, and is used on a lot of riding mowers.
My mower is 5 years old, with 114hrs, which isnt a lot, but we live on hilly terrain, and Im sure the mower is undersized for our property, so prolly putting a lot more strain on things than normal.
Rather than shell out dough for someone else to swap trans oil, I figured it couldnt be that bad to do..and really it wasnt... just a pain since there are no drain plugs on bottom, and you gotta pull it, and super tight area to work in.
The only tricks Id say is use a 6mm allen wrench on the belt retainer shaft thing (by the spindle on input shaft..its name is eluding me now). I didnt realize it was cut for an allen wrnech on top due to debris on it. Getting an adjustable wrench in there was a pain, so I opted to pull the fan, then belt spindle after 10min of struggling. Allen wrench woulda saved time.
Snap ring on input shaft for fan is half inch in diameter...yeah..sorta didnt fully seat it first time and had to buy a new one after initial test run..tractor supply has them, two for a buck.
Oil..went with synthetic 10w-40. Supposed to use 10w-50, but oddly couldnt find any at the local wally when I looked. The original looked watery and black coming out too.
Whole thing was maybe 2.5hrs of work, taking my time. Could probably cut that down by 45m next time.
Hows it run? Seems like power is definitely back going up hill...no hesitation like before in my trial runs up hill, but will have a better idea next time I mow and it gets hot. Speaking of getting hot..I also took the time to brush all the caked on dirt off.. heat was likely a contributing factor to what toasted the oil the first time round.
Itd be nice if there was some easier way to facilitate an oil change in the thing, but engineers sometimes dont think about maintenance work!
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