Uh-oh, all I wanted was....

alanskonieczny · Postby **alanskonieczny** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 7:19 am

...a little tighter steering! Why I chose the 104 degree day, I don't know.

Postby **Kodiak** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 7:27 am

I couldn't help but get a good laugh Alan, :lol:

I started to fix my fan and......a few months later I have a complete rebuild. One thing always leads to another. Careful of that jack don't want a member to get hurt!
Enjoy the Cub!!

Ron

alanskonieczny · Postby **alanskonieczny** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 7:33 am

Ron,
I didn't realize how hard the axle assembly hit my shin, when it came off. Now there's a nice welt there!
Alan

Postby **'Country' Elliott** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 7:50 am

Hey Alan...SORRY about your injury :cry:

! Looks like you can git cooled off in a HURRY

...with a speedy ride around the block on that Goldwing of yours :wink:

!

alanskonieczny · Postby **alanskonieczny** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 8:06 am

Elliott,
I found out, while living near Phoenix, AZ, that if the air temp. is higher than body temp, riding a motorcycle is like sitting in front of a giant hair dryer! The hotter air heats you, instead of cools. I'll wait a few days for the ride.

Postby **John *.?-!.* cub owner** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 9:16 am

While it was running in the upper 90s here I saw a guy going down the highway in a full set of riding leathers. He was sticking his legs straight out the fornt so the air would blow up his pants legs. LOL

Donny M · Postby **Donny M** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 10:56 am

alanskonieczny wrote:

The hotter air heats you, instead of cools. I'll wait a few days for the ride.

Shoot I thought those bikes had air conditioning :lol:

Alan,

Please don't use those concrete blocks any more :!:

I don't mean to sound as I'm scolding but those blocks will explode into dust and the tractor will be sitting on the floor and you or someone else could be under it

Wooden cribing would be much better :!:

Remember what Mr. GW said and honored by Arizona Mike:

"The time you spend making sure you are safe is probably the most productive time you can spend!"

alanskonieczny · Postby **alanskonieczny** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 11:20 am

Thanks!

Postby **Lurker Carl** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 12:46 pm

And lock the brakes, put the tranny in gear and block the rear wheels. Just a little wiggle and the jack will roll out or collapse.

Postby **Arizona Mike** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 1:15 pm

Alan, sorry but I had to laugh...You look like a real unhappy guy in that first picture..a classic.. :lol:

Second what the other guys have said... Just take your time and be careful.

freebird · Postby **freebird** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 2:24 pm

A little off topic, but last Sunday I decided to put a 30 foot high vertical antenna on top of my 40 foot tower......I wasn't wearing a shirt. I am so sunburned that if you took a blood sample from me you'd find it .08% Aloa Vera! Sleeping at night is miserable.
Good job steadying up that jack.

Postby **Harold R** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 3:11 pm

Alan, What exactly will you do to tighten up the steering? I'm about to try the same, including putting new seals and gaskets in to stop the leaks. Photos would help if you have the time.

Donny M · Postby **Donny M** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 5:34 pm

freebird sent this picture of his tower:

No wonder he's sunburned :!:

alanskonieczny · Postby **alanskonieczny** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 5:50 pm

HR,
It seems that just tightening the castle nut under the steering arm took most of the play out. I got this info from previous posts on this forum. Getting to the nut was tedious to say the least. It takes out the up and down movement of the steering shaft gear (don't quote me on this!). The rest of the dissassembly was to clean out the grease in the steering box, and replace it with gear oil. Why there is grease in there I don't know, as the steering box has a drain plug, level plug, and a fill plug!
My photos are on the site listed after my name.
Thanks again to all who have posted the info I'm using in past forum topics.

Donny M · Postby **Donny M** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 6:06 pm

The reason for the grease is that some PO didn't want to fix the leaks so they filled the steering box with grease. One of my 49's was the same way. What a mess to clean up :!:

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