QA42/A

[jostev]

I have a QA 42 blower, and it had a nf frame on it, I bought an adjustable mount from a QA42A, my question is it looks like the QA 42A blower was a bit different than a regular 42? just wondering ifn I can just take the 42A frame and just bolt it up to teh 42 blower?

Thanks for any help

Johnny

[Paul B]

Johnny,
I'm not trying to give you a smart answer, but the simple answer is to try it. There are some differences in the mount and the lift bracket assembly (I think that is what you are calling a frame) for the 42 and 42A, but I believe you can make it work.

[jostev]

ok, I guess I'll do that, you mean without welding/drilling on the blower right? ifn I have to i guess i will, just wondering...

Thanks

Johnny

[Paul B]

Johnny
I don't know what all you got when you got the adjustable QA mount. The square, angle iron, frame (lift bracket) that connects the adjustable part of the mount to the blower housing, is actually part of the adjustable mount, just as the same thing is on your fixed narrow frame QA mount. There is some differences in that lift bracket. If you got that with the adjustable mount, then the blower housing should mount to it.

[Paul B]

Johnny
If you don't have the parts manuals, go to http://www.cngcoinc.com/home.asp , click on Shop Online, click on Parts Lookup, then in the OEM block highlight Cub Cadet, in the select Catalog block highlight Cub Cadet, then when the window opens on the left click on attachments or if you are looking for someting on a tractor click on Garden Tractor and then when the window changes highlight the tractor model you want and then in the pane on the right side, click on what you are looking for. When you click on something, give it time to open that window before going on, because it is kinda slow. You can find the same basic parts look up on about any online Cub Cadet dealers web site or on the MTD/Cub Cadet web site. You may have to play around with it a bit to get used to how it works. You can also get the price for parts by adding it to the "Shopping Cart". You can delete the cart when you are done, you do not have to buy anything.

[jostev]

Thanks Paul, i'v been there a few times, well that parts look up, but not through CNGCO... ifn you go to the QA36A and QA42A blower parts page, i'm missing part 18 in the "Main Belt DriveGear..." section, and then you can see how different the blower mount is on the regular QA's... if you go here, http://s24.photobucket.com/albums/c47/j ... s/QA%2042/ you can see what we are doing, and what you see that mounts on the tractor is what I got with the QA42A mount, with the QA42 blower

Thanks

Johnny

[jostev]

does anybody know the length of the lift rod for the blower? I made one, but it doesn't work too well, and i'v made it shorter, and longer, but it still doesn't seem to lift high at all? or does anybody know how high they lift?

Thanks for any help

Johnny

[Eugene]

Don't know the specific answer on how high the lift will elevate the snowblower. On mine. The height of the lift is only a few inches - somewhere between 2 and 4 inches.

Eugene

[jostev]

ok, thanks Eugene, mine doesn't lift anywhere near that...

Thanks

Johnny

[Ritter107]

I have a QA 42 blower, and it had a nf frame on it, I bought an adjustable mount from a QA42A, my question is it looks like the QA 42A blower was a bit different than a regular 42? just wondering ifn I can just take the 42A frame and just bolt it up to teh 42 blower?

Thanks for any help

Johnny

Here was my solution to the problem. I had a QA-36A and a QA-36. Each had it's bright points but for the most part... the QA-36A was jsut shot. Auger was gone, drum was bad, bearings were shot in the chain drive. However, the gearbox was in great shape. The QA-36 had a good auger and drum, but i never liked the way they tilted back toward the tractor when they lifted. My solution was this... i simply cut the mount off the QA-36A and saved it. I then cut the mount off the QA-36. I cleaned the drum up, made my marks and then welded the mount from the QA-36A onto the drum of the QA-36. After that, a coat of primer and paint and nobody knows the difference. That was my solution to the problem. It's not exactly a restorers solution... but believe me, the one wasn't worth restoring. Works like a charm too.


In regards to the length of the lift rod... I simply took a half inch turnbuckle... cut the ends off, and went from there. This way i could adjust it and not play pin the tail on the donkey with the correct measurement that i wanted.

[jostev]

Thanks, I guess i'll keep my eye out for a QA42A/36A to do just that, since my auger is purty much gone...

that's what I was thinkin last night after i posted this....

so did you just cut ends off and weld them to the lift rod ends? only reason i'm wondering cause wouldn't one end have to be left hand threads?

Thanks a lot

Johnny

[Ritter107]

A turnbuckle has right hand threads on one side, and left hand threads on the other. If it wasn't that way it woul dnever pull togetherwhen you turned the center piece. Use at least a half inch turnbuckle if you can, they should be around 11 bucks.

[jostev]

well, we looked at all the places nearby, and nobody had a 1/2", i think the biggest we found was 3/8" so I just made my own, it seems to work better now, but I'm still have problems with the lift not going high enough, or low enough... seems the lift arm just doesn't go foward (down) enough.... even with us adjusting the stop it has, and/or taking that off, could I run that with the "stop" off?

Thanks again

Johnny