Sears tractor keeps destroying pulleys
Hello
My Sears 1000 XLT tractor is driving absloulutely nuts . The pulley that drives the left side blade keeps stripping. The pulley is attached to it's shaft with a star connection. If I hit a root or stick or for whatever season the blade is stopped the belt will keep the pulley spinning and the connection is destroyed. The star opening on the pulley gets every so slightly stripped and enlarged and begins to saw away at the spindle destroying both within seconds. This happens only on the left blade, never on the right. To replace the pulley and spindle costs me about $60 each time. so far in the two years that I have owned time machine this happened 4 times! Can anyone tell me what going wrong ? John |
Sears tractor keeps destroying pulleys
On Fri, 30 Nov 2007 09:29:00 -0800 (PST), John
wrote: Hello My Sears 1000 XLT tractor is driving absloulutely nuts . The pulley that drives the left side blade keeps stripping. The pulley is attached to it's shaft with a star connection. If I hit a root or stick or for whatever season the blade is stopped the belt will keep the pulley spinning and the connection is destroyed. The star opening on the pulley gets every so slightly stripped and enlarged and begins to saw away at the spindle destroying both within seconds. This happens only on the left blade, never on the right. To replace the pulley and spindle costs me about $60 each time. so far in the two years that I have owned time machine this happened 4 times! Can anyone tell me what going wrong ? John Steel is not just steel. Properly heat treating the correct type of steel makes a huge difference in the longevity of a splined connection. Are your replacement parts aftermarket parts? Did Sears change their supplier of parts? Can you swap left from right to troubleshoot this possibility. |
Sears tractor keeps destroying pulleys
tnom wrote:
John wrote: My Sears 1000 XLT tractor is driving absloulutely nuts . [....] think about it like this this. the piece of junk was built by the low bidder who LOL every time they think of how they did not have to put their name on that piece of crap they sold sears. [....] Are your replacement parts aftermarket parts? Did Sears change their supplier of parts? new low bidder for lots of replacement parts. -- sears - where girlie-guys wives take them to shop |
Sears tractor keeps destroying pulleys
John wrote:
Hello If I hit a root or stick or for whatever season the blade is stopped the belt will keep the pulley spinning and the connection is destroyed. Avoid hitting sticks with it if they are in the 10 inch range, eh Clark? |
Sounds to me you are not getting the top nut tight enough ? I know it's hard to tighten one with just hand tools. Take a short 2x4 and put it in the inside back of the deck then rotate the blade so it's pinned against it, This will keep the shaft from spinning while you come down on the nut. |
Sears tractor keeps destroying pulleys
On 01 Dec 2007 00:46:39 GMT, Steveo wrote:
John wrote: Hello If I hit a root or stick or for whatever season the blade is stopped the belt will keep the pulley spinning and the connection is destroyed. Avoid hitting sticks with it if they are in the 10 inch range, eh Clark? True. He needs a ford tractor pulling a brush hog. |
Sears tractor keeps destroying pulleys
Duff wrote:
On 01 Dec 2007 00:46:39 GMT, Steveo wrote: John wrote: Hello If I hit a root or stick or for whatever season the blade is stopped the belt will keep the pulley spinning and the connection is destroyed. Avoid hitting sticks with it if they are in the 10 inch range, eh Clark? True. He needs a ford tractor pulling a brush hog. Don't encourage him. :) |
Sears tractor keeps destroying pulleys
Steveo wrote:
John wrote: Hello If I hit a root or stick or for whatever season the blade is stopped the belt will keep the pulley spinning and the connection is destroyed. Avoid hitting sticks with it if they are in the 10 inch range, eh Clark? My Craftsman tractor has been great , well since they replaced it , which I guess that means it has not been great but the replacement has been great. Ya know since I can't bury my tree roots I've just been slicing them with the Lawn Tractor, I think the tree's like it. It is incredible what 3/4 of an inch in deck mower height can make. (the killer 10" stick is an ornament on the Christmas tree this year)! NOW on topic, the last time I saw a Sears Tech he told me the pulley assembly's were not as good as say, a 1965 Colt deluxe's, but only crazed nut jobs would want one of those , right Sarge? Is there a way the OP could micky mouse the assembly so it would not strip out?? Clark... -- Don't you have Google in your part of the world? |
Sears tractor keeps destroying pulleys
Broderick Crawford wrote:
John wrote: Hello My Sears 1000 XLT tractor is driving absloulutely nuts . The pulley that drives the left side blade keeps stripping. The pulley is attached to it's shaft with a star connection. If I hit a root or stick or for whatever season the blade is stopped the belt will keep the pulley spinning and the connection is destroyed. The star opening on the pulley gets every so slightly stripped and enlarged and begins to saw away at the spindle destroying both within seconds. This happens only on the left blade, never on the right. To replace the pulley and spindle costs me about $60 each time. so far in the two years that I have owned time machine this happened 4 times! Can anyone tell me what going wrong ? John Sears is just about the cheapest crap you can buy. I have a Sears tractor, I like it, I just have to watch for psycho killer 10" pine sticks of doom. Some people also think I should be locked in a mental hospital, but they are really the crazy ones!!!! Clark... -- Don't you have Google in your part of the world? |
Sears tractor keeps destroying pulleys
Clark... wrote:
Broderick Crawford wrote: John wrote: Hello My Sears 1000 XLT tractor is driving absloulutely nuts . The pulley that drives the left side blade keeps stripping. The pulley is attached to it's shaft with a star connection. If I hit a root or stick or for whatever season the blade is stopped the belt will keep the pulley spinning and the connection is destroyed. The star opening on the pulley gets every so slightly stripped and enlarged and begins to saw away at the spindle destroying both within seconds. This happens only on the left blade, never on the right. To replace the pulley and spindle costs me about $60 each time. so far in the two years that I have owned time machine this happened 4 times! Can anyone tell me what going wrong ? John Sears is just about the cheapest crap you can buy. I have a Sears tractor, I like it, I just have to watch for psycho killer 10" pine sticks of doom. Some people also think I should be locked in a mental hospital, but they are really the crazy ones!!!! Clark... Oh, and if they call you crazy one more time, you'll hunt them down and kill them. :^) |
Sears tractor keeps destroying pulleys
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Sears tractor keeps destroying pulleys
On Nov 30, 10:29 am, John wrote:
Hello Maybe the nut on top is not tight enough that is what usually causes that headache. I would have someone hold the bladse on bottom real tight and take a torque wrench and sling it down to 50 psi that should help My Sears 1000 XLT tractor is driving absloulutely nuts . The pulley that drives the left side blade keeps stripping. The pulley is attached to it's shaft with a star connection. If I hit a root or stick or for whatever season the blade is stopped the belt will keep the pulley spinning and the connection is destroyed. The star opening on the pulley gets every so slightly stripped and enlarged and begins to saw away at the spindle destroying both within seconds. This happens only on the left blade, never on the right. To replace the pulley and spindle costs me about $60 each time. so far in the two years that I have owned time machine this happened 4 times! Can anyone tell me what going wrong ? John |
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Auto Tech wrote:
[....] take a torque wrench and sling it down to 50 psi that should torque wrenches or pneumatic impact wrenches are driven by sufficient force of air measured in 'psi' pounds/square inch in order that they might do the work of tightening with a force measured in foot pounds or inch pounds. - hth - |
Sears tractor keeps destroying pulleys
"Jim" wrote in message ... tnom wrote: John wrote: My Sears 1000 XLT tractor is driving absloulutely nuts . [....] think about it like this this. the piece of junk was built by the low bidder who LOL every time they think of how they did not have to put their name on that piece of crap they sold sears. [....] Are your replacement parts aftermarket parts? Did Sears change their supplier of parts? new low bidder for lots of replacement parts. -- sears - where girlie-guys wives take them to shop Worked for Sears for 15 years before retiring. It was my experience that it was the other way around. Suppliers hated (not really) Sears because they required a better product than the supplier provided under it's own name. Sears bought without manufacturer's warranty and thus was stuck with the repair costs if the product didn't hold up. I doubt that Sears went for the lowest bidder as they never had a problem with marking up any product. Of course, with the current competition from the other big boxes, they may have changed their ways. Tom G. |
Sears tractor keeps destroying pulleys
Tom G wrote:
Jim wrote: [....] think about it like this this. the piece of junk was built by the low bidder who LOL every time they think of how they did not have to put their name on that piece of crap they sold sears. [....] -- sears - where girlie-guys wives take them to shop Worked for Sears for 15 years before retiring. It was my experience that it was the other way around. Suppliers hated (not really) Sears because they required a better product than the supplier provided under it's own name. Sears bought without manufacturer's warranty and thus was stuck with the repair costs if the product didn't hold up. I doubt that Sears went for the lowest bidder as they never had a problem with marking up any product. Of course, with the current competition from the other big boxes, they may have changed their ways. Tom G. sears the girlie-guy store with the [cheap crappy made] no name junk for sale and that's always going to be the free publicity sears gets from me. |
Sears tractor keeps destroying pulleys
on 12/12/2007 7:09 PM Tom G said the following:
"Jim" wrote in message ... tnom wrote: John wrote: My Sears 1000 XLT tractor is driving absloulutely nuts . [....] think about it like this this. the piece of junk was built by the low bidder who LOL every time they think of how they did not have to put their name on that piece of crap they sold sears. [....] Are your replacement parts aftermarket parts? Did Sears change their supplier of parts? new low bidder for lots of replacement parts. -- sears - where girlie-guys wives take them to shop Worked for Sears for 15 years before retiring. It was my experience that it was the other way around. Suppliers hated (not really) Sears because they required a better product than the supplier provided under it's own name. Sears bought without manufacturer's warranty and thus was stuck with the repair costs if the product didn't hold up. I doubt that Sears went for the lowest bidder as they never had a problem with marking up any product. Of course, with the current competition from the other big boxes, they may have changed their ways. Tom G. It doesn't matter what you claim, there are some that consider all Craftsman products as crap, with or without proof. You know, the big corporations are money hungry, thieving monopolies, and belong to the great evil empire, like the Borgs, and Microsoft. Although many claim that they never frequent these establishments, I'll bet that they do, when their local hardware store do not have what they want. although we can never confirm their claims. If I need a lot of lumber for a project, I can go locally to buy it, but guess what? They are all franchised stores; like 84 Lumber ( I thought that 84 Lumber was named that because it was near I-84 in my area, an EW Interstate, but then I saw one in Delaware), Wickes Lumber, a national chain, which recently was taken over by BradCo, HD, and Lowes. I bet these same people claim to buy all their groceries at the local storefronts, rather that the chain food stores, like Shoprite, Stop & Shop, Food Lion, Piggly Wiggly, etc. -- Bill In Hamptonburgh, NY To email, remove the double zeroes after @ |
Sears tractor keeps destroying pulleys
willshak wrote:
[....] I thought that 84 Lumber was named that because it was near I-84 in my area, an EW Interstate, but then I saw one in Delaware) [....] I thought 84 Lumber was named that because it stocked 84 different kinds of lumber. :) I do still on occasion ponder where the name did arrive from. |
Sears tractor keeps destroying pulleys
on 12/12/2007 11:26 PM Jim said the following:
willshak wrote: [....] I thought that 84 Lumber was named that because it was near I-84 in my area, an EW Interstate, but then I saw one in Delaware) [....] I thought 84 Lumber was named that because it stocked 84 different kinds of lumber. :) I do still on occasion ponder where the name did arrive from. Ponder no more. From: http://www.84lumber.com/about/history.asp?type= "84 Lumber Company's origins date to 1956 when Joseph A. Hardy III biography_joe.asp?type= opened the original 'cash and carry' lumber yard in the rural town of Eighty Four, Pennsylvania, 20 miles south of Pittsburgh." -- Bill In Hamptonburgh, NY To email, remove the double zeroes after @ |
Sears tractor keeps destroying pulleys
willshak wrote:
Jim wrote: willshak wrote: [....] I thought that 84 Lumber was named that because it was near I-84 in my area, an EW Interstate, but then I saw one in Delaware) [....] I thought 84 Lumber was named that because it stocked 84 different kinds of lumber. :) I do still on occasion ponder where the name did arrive from. Ponder no more. From: http://www.84lumber.com/about/history.asp?type= "84 Lumber Company's origins date to 1956 when Joseph A. Hardy III biography_joe.asp?type= opened the original 'cash and carry' lumber yard in the rural town of Eighty Four, Pennsylvania, 20 miles south of Pittsburgh." Bill, that was like educational and informative. thank you. |
Sears tractor keeps destroying pulleys
Jim wrote:
willshak wrote: Jim wrote: willshak wrote: [....] I thought that 84 Lumber was named that because it was near I-84 in my area, an EW Interstate, but then I saw one in Delaware) [....] I thought 84 Lumber was named that because it stocked 84 different kinds of lumber. :) I do still on occasion ponder where the name did arrive from. Ponder no more. From: http://www.84lumber.com/about/history.asp?type= "84 Lumber Company's origins date to 1956 when Joseph A. Hardy III biography_joe.asp?type= opened the original 'cash and carry' lumber yard in the rural town of Eighty Four, Pennsylvania, 20 miles south of Pittsburgh." Bill, that was like educational and informative. thank you. Yeah!! How dare you!!!! |
Sears tractor keeps destroying pulleys
on 12/13/2007 6:04 PM Jim said the following:
willshak wrote: Jim wrote: willshak wrote: [....] I thought that 84 Lumber was named that because it was near I-84 in my area, an EW Interstate, but then I saw one in Delaware) [....] I thought 84 Lumber was named that because it stocked 84 different kinds of lumber. :) I do still on occasion ponder where the name did arrive from. Ponder no more. From: http://www.84lumber.com/about/history.asp?type= "84 Lumber Company's origins date to 1956 when Joseph A. Hardy III biography_joe.asp?type= opened the original 'cash and carry' lumber yard in the rural town of Eighty Four, Pennsylvania, 20 miles south of Pittsburgh." Bill, that was like educational and informative. thank you. You're welcome. OK, we know why the lumber yard was named 84, so why was the town named Eighty Four? No definite answer. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eighty_Four,_Pennsylvania -- Bill In Hamptonburgh, NY To email, remove the double zeroes after @ |
Sears tractor keeps destroying pulleys
willshak wrote:
Jim wrote: willshak wrote: Jim wrote: willshak wrote: [....] I thought that 84 Lumber was named that because [....] I thought 84 Lumber was named that because [....] I do still on occasion ponder where the name did arrive from. Ponder no more. From: http://www.84lumber.com/about/history.asp?type= "84 Lumber Company's origins date to 1956 when Joseph A. Hardy III biography_joe.asp?type= opened the original 'cash and carry' lumber yard in the rural town of Eighty Four, Pennsylvania, 20 miles south of Pittsburgh." Bill, that was like educational and informative. thank you. You're welcome. OK, we know why the lumber yard was named 84, so why was the town named Eighty Four? No definite answer. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eighty_Four,_Pennsylvania interesting theories presented by the documentation provided on the wikipedia site. anyhow since we're speculating as to the origin of names how do you suppose sears came up with craftsman? a more appropriate name choice would have been one of the following such as crafts-wimp, crafts-sissy or crafts-guy. of course, most do realize in Southern english sissy and guy are synonymous with one another. |
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