I learned the hard way about how a Cub fan works.
It was educational but cost me a new fan assy. Mine froze up a couple of months ago and burned up a belt. So I took it apart and decided to rebuild it.
Seems I didn't have a manual on any other instructions but how hard could this be!
After my rebuild it lasted about 2 weeks and froze up again. This time when I took it apart I discovered I had over tightened the bearing on the spindle and destroyed both beyond repair.
So the lesson learned is oil the fan every 6 months or 60 hours of operation. Get manuals from Rudi or Binder Books and all you new Cub owners listen to the advice given here it can save you a lot's of trouble.
I did order a fan assy from TM Tractor Parts got it today and plan on installing it this weekend. Lynn sent a very informative email confriming my order and Tom did a super job of getting me everything I needed to do the job right (instructions!!!) I highly recommend these folks.
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I learned a similar lesson the hard way, ran down every wire on the machine, then I found the manuals show it pretty clearly... just the light switch was a challenge to wring out. Wish I bought the manuals right away.
The down side of the manual is it goes into detail about oiling the fan assembly properly. Looked for a real long time for the 'oil retainer screw' and finally gave up figuring I would get to it when I got the fan out of the machine. They changed the design and mine has a cast iron hub with a sealed bearing! Nuttin to lube.!
Until you get the books you can use Rudi's manual server.
The down side of the manual is it goes into detail about oiling the fan assembly properly. Looked for a real long time for the 'oil retainer screw' and finally gave up figuring I would get to it when I got the fan out of the machine. They changed the design and mine has a cast iron hub with a sealed bearing! Nuttin to lube.!
Until you get the books you can use Rudi's manual server.
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Be sure when you take the fan hub off and dissassemble it BE sure that you put the internal parts right side up!! I did not and had it lock up. Had to do it all over again.
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danovercash wrote:Be sure when you take the fan hub off and dissassemble it BE sure that you put the internal parts right side up!!
On that subject, you should be aware that some illustrations of the Schwitzer-Cummins fan show the oil impeller the wrong way. It is correct in TC-37F, but probably not in some earlier Cub Parts Catalogs.
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