I hope you have really good goggles, to lay underneath the tractor and grind a 1/2" hole with a burr.
Looks good Randy.

Bill

 

Thanks Bill. The hole only needs about 1/16" reaming. That drill is a Sioux 1800RPM with an adjustable exhaust direction. I had the exhaust blowing away from me and as the chips fell they went out from under the tractor. Anything else and you'd need a face shield or sandblast hood.

 

Randy...you really got that thing moving.....made me dizzy 🤪 ...just getting the slop out of the linkage gave you that extra speed?

 

Yep. This is a known problem on these and probably a source of them ending up scrapped as people think the hydro is dying as the other pedal bushings wear out and they get painfully slow

 

Ludicrous speed in fwd,

Ha Ha Ha!

Renster

 

And 30 years ago that would have had a replaceable bushing installed when it was manufactured.
Today, manufacture it as cheaply as possible, when the bracket wears out and it gets slow, we will be selling another new machine. Good for the factory, bad for the consumer.
Now Steve had to go and blow it for Cub since the machines will last longer, Cub will probably go out of business from the decrease in new unit sales.

 

Better dump my stock now!

 

I can tell there are more than just a few people here that have a sense of humor about like mine.

What a bunch of poor deprived people we are.

 

I have an old Craftsman that was losing speed range as the linkage parts wore. The engineers that designed the linkages did not make any allowance for wear and in fact, the range of speed was limited by the linkages, not at the hydro. I modified (increased) the range of travel on the linkages to get the full possible speed range the hydro was designed for.

I don't get ludicrous speed but I do get scary fast.

These go to 11

Spinal Tap fans might recall the following which is what came to mind after fixing the slop on my hydro lever. Anyway... the title probably should have been "These CAN go to 11". I sure am enjoying getting back the speed and perhaps even "that little bit more" as Nigel said.

www.mytractorforum.com

 

Here's what it did to the 3205

 

Folks don't try this at home, the video you saw was a professional driver on a closed course!!!!




Think anyone bought that?

 

Folks don't try this at home, the video you saw was a professional driver NUT on a closed course!!!!

Think anyone bought that?

 

No!!

Bill

 

I have to use a disclaimer like that often.

I am a professional, you should not attempt to do what you see me doing. Bodily harm, dismemberment or even death may be the result if you attempt to do things I do. The weak at heart should not even attempt to watch me do what I am doing, I accept no responsibility for heart attacks, strokes or nervous breakdowns from watching me. I am a professional and I am having fun doing what i am doing.

 

Lol. First wheelie I popped on the 3205 was when it had no body and no seat on it. I was sitting on a board bolted across the framerails and wearing shorts and flip flops with my feet on the running board channel. Hydro fan spinning inches from my....uhh-huh-huh-huh.

 

So, the crap was about to hit the fan?