Had to finally get the lawn mower out, the grass being about 8" high and a remembered that the wheels need to be replaces.
So after going to every place in town (which isn't many, the town only has 3000 people and not many stores) I was unable to get a set of 4 wheels. Now I had to drive 30 miles to another town that had some in stock, got back and found out the old (worn out) axle bolts didn't fit. I figured the easiest way to get the job done was to buy some 1/2" bolts and machine the ends down and thread them to the 3/8" required. Well the gremlins where out that day, the bolt material was awful, so hard in spots carbide had a hard time cutting it and then suddenly it was soft and the tool would dig in, finally got 4 of them done, not pretty but they will do the job. Had to turn up some spacers about 1/2" thick to get the wheels to clear the mower body, no trouble there.
After I got everything together and luckily the mower started, I was about two passes around the yard when "BANG", something came shooting out of the underside of the mower, bounced off of my ankle and the mower started vibrating so bad that I though it was going to flip over. The two little shear pins that look like rivets had let go and the blade had slide off centre. So now after going to all the local places, again, that might have these pins I finally found one set in the CT store, put the mower back together and was able to finish the lawn.
It's never easy is it.
So after going to every place in town (which isn't many, the town only has 3000 people and not many stores) I was unable to get a set of 4 wheels. Now I had to drive 30 miles to another town that had some in stock, got back and found out the old (worn out) axle bolts didn't fit. I figured the easiest way to get the job done was to buy some 1/2" bolts and machine the ends down and thread them to the 3/8" required. Well the gremlins where out that day, the bolt material was awful, so hard in spots carbide had a hard time cutting it and then suddenly it was soft and the tool would dig in, finally got 4 of them done, not pretty but they will do the job. Had to turn up some spacers about 1/2" thick to get the wheels to clear the mower body, no trouble there.
After I got everything together and luckily the mower started, I was about two passes around the yard when "BANG", something came shooting out of the underside of the mower, bounced off of my ankle and the mower started vibrating so bad that I though it was going to flip over. The two little shear pins that look like rivets had let go and the blade had slide off centre. So now after going to all the local places, again, that might have these pins I finally found one set in the CT store, put the mower back together and was able to finish the lawn.
It's never easy is it.
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