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The sleeve has no taper; the shrink disk consists of two parts w/ a shallow matching taper. As the bolts that connect them are tightened, the inner diameter of the disk contracts, clamping down on whatever the disk is placed over. Since the taper is shallow, the amount of shrinkage is small -...

Here's a link to our album of B5100 pictures, taken over the last 10 years. https://photos.app.goo.gl/hk1nJCWyZ7EzguYdA There are pictures of the pump drive, including the shrink disc I used to grab hold of the oddball spline on the front of the crankshaft.

You can think of the loader as trying to tip the tractor forward so that it's balancing on the front wheels. W/o a subframe, the only connection between the front wheels and engine and the rear wheels is the transmission, so the top bolts would be in tension and the bottom ones in compression...

Yup... the B219 will lift about 500 lbs; w/ the 2" cylinders @800 psi there's plenty of lift force. When I put the B219 on our B5100, I added a pump on the front of the tractor, and added a gauge next to the loader valve so I could figure out what was happening.

I built a subframe to fit a B219 loaderonto our B5100. It's a matter of figuring out where everything neededs to be:

The factory loader on a B6100 has its relief valve set right about 800 psi ( I've adapted one onto a B5100). This may well be more than the PS valve can handle.

When I made a canopy for our 19' steam launch, I bent 1/2" EMT into 3D curves; that's really not needed here. I followed the design of commercial awnings, using a lacing rail set back from the edge underneath and grommets in the cloth edge; the fabric is laced on w/ 3/16 paracord between the...

I try to balance the load as best I can; clearly here it wasn't that great. These logs had been left in a big pile along with fir logs too twisted to mill into siding. I spent some time cleaning that up; the B5100 didn't have enough pull to disassemble the pile, but my 4x4 F250 managed with a...

I'll chime in as well; I use our little B5100 on our hilly property to move logs, gravel, etc. I'll repeat: Go slow, esp. going down hills or when carrying things in the loader. You don't want to drop a wheel into a hole and launch the rig over. Turning on a hill with a load in the bucket can...

Any and all hydraulic systems incorporate a relief valve that prevents true "dead-heading"; a positive displacement hydraulic pump that's engine drive will either shatter or blow hoses apart if flow is blocked w/o a relief valve. Obvious, operating for extended periods against the relief is NOT...

I'd also be inclined to divert the flow from the pump first to the power steering control valve and then to the loader to insure that the power steering works when lifting the bucket. Of course, a cheaper solution is more arm days in the gym :)

Have you seen these folks: https://erskineattachments.com/products/front-mount-snowblower/ They have a PTO set-up that hooks up to the rear PTO and goes under the tractor to the front to drive the snow blower....

A friend's wife died when she was mowing their hilly terrain lawn alone and ended up in a pond and was pinned underwater by the tractor. Do you have a overrunning clutch on the PTO? Geared tractors driving brush mowers keep going even when the clutch is depressed until the brakes/drag stop the...

Not to be a safety nag, but.... Since the OP's tractor weighs 1500 lbs, they wouid be a lot safer wearing a belt if the tractor flips or rolls. Kicking one's self clear of a wreck works most of the time on motorcycles (I've done it), but a tractor is a rather different beast. Obvious, on flat...

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