Mowing, making good progress, i've used the B2400 more the last month than I have the last year.
Serviced it Memorial Day weekend, all looked good, nothing odd, changed HST filter, topped off the juice, change engine oil and tilt, blah blah blah.
Started mowing this AM, first thing I did was blow it out because of the dust storm I mowed last week. the usual dust caked in the usual places. removed the side covers and front to see how much cooler it might run, and preceded to mow.
All was well, until I caught the front edge of the hood on the kids swing, pulled th headlight lenses out, twisted the hood a bit, yeah, that was pretty brilliant, mowed past that for the last 5 years, never an issue....
picked up the pieces, handed them to wife, proceed on, pulled nose up under tree , backed out, like I have dozens of times, OH, HEY, Theres and OIL TRAIL.....back away from the trees and shut down.
inspect all and find that the left rear axle seal has popped out of the housing and is spinning with the axle shaft, oil pouring out....... hmmm. get it back up to the shed and shut it down, let it cool off. Come inside and look thru parts manual for what parts may be involved.
whats the likelihood of the outer housing extension cracking ?
with wheel raised off the ground I'm not feeling any up down play that may lead me to believe a bearing has fragged, but if the housing has cracked it would explain the seal popping out. I haven't had time to pull wheel and clean things up to check for a crack yet. I do have a dye chem kit I can ( and probably will ) use before I actually order parts.
outer bearing supported in extension housing, inner bearing supported in transaxle case, snap ring on inside end of axle holding bearing, gear, spacer between the 2 bearings, seal on outside end of case.
I supposed the seal could have been hit by a branch, or just fallen out, it is after all 18years old. and feces happens....
Serviced it Memorial Day weekend, all looked good, nothing odd, changed HST filter, topped off the juice, change engine oil and tilt, blah blah blah.
Started mowing this AM, first thing I did was blow it out because of the dust storm I mowed last week. the usual dust caked in the usual places. removed the side covers and front to see how much cooler it might run, and preceded to mow.
All was well, until I caught the front edge of the hood on the kids swing, pulled th headlight lenses out, twisted the hood a bit, yeah, that was pretty brilliant, mowed past that for the last 5 years, never an issue....
picked up the pieces, handed them to wife, proceed on, pulled nose up under tree , backed out, like I have dozens of times, OH, HEY, Theres and OIL TRAIL.....back away from the trees and shut down.
inspect all and find that the left rear axle seal has popped out of the housing and is spinning with the axle shaft, oil pouring out....... hmmm. get it back up to the shed and shut it down, let it cool off. Come inside and look thru parts manual for what parts may be involved.
whats the likelihood of the outer housing extension cracking ?
with wheel raised off the ground I'm not feeling any up down play that may lead me to believe a bearing has fragged, but if the housing has cracked it would explain the seal popping out. I haven't had time to pull wheel and clean things up to check for a crack yet. I do have a dye chem kit I can ( and probably will ) use before I actually order parts.
outer bearing supported in extension housing, inner bearing supported in transaxle case, snap ring on inside end of axle holding bearing, gear, spacer between the 2 bearings, seal on outside end of case.
I supposed the seal could have been hit by a branch, or just fallen out, it is after all 18years old. and feces happens....
