[MARK (LI)]

Cub 129

I just picked up a Cub 129 with a DANCO FEL on it....the steering has a some play in it and I heard that the re is an upgrade kit for it...anyone know anything they could pass along?..It just got home with it...no pictures yet....but it is a cute little thing

 

[Flaken]

Re: Cub 129

:wwp:

 

[kklowell]

Re: Cub 129

As a long-time member here you should have known the first response to your post would be that we want pictures. So how about I say, sounds good to me. Congrats. And now I'll say, where's the pictures?

 

[Cat385B]

Re: Cub 129

I would like to add there is flash built in to the camera on your phone.

So.....

We’re supposed to take your word on it’s a ‘cute little thing’?

1,500 posts and still catching on.....

:wwp::wwp::wwp::wwp:

 

[Steve Urquell]

Congrats on getting a GT with a loader. Plans for it?

 

[Whirly]

Re: Cub 129

I just picked up a Cub 129 with a DANCO FEL on it....the steering has a some play in it and I heard that the re is an upgrade kit for it...anyone know anything they could pass along?..It just got home with it...no pictures yet....but it is a cute little thing

I also have a 129..

 

[Sergeant]

Re: Cub 129

I just picked up a Cub 129 with a DANCO FEL on it....the steering has a some play in it and I heard that the re is an upgrade kit for it...anyone know anything they could pass along?..It just got home with it...no pictures yet....but it is a cute little thing

Probably need to Look over Here https://www.onlycubcadets.net/forum/index.php or check the forum archives over here Topics - IH Cub Cadet Forum I remember something about a spindle Upgrade for the Loader over at the 2nd link i gave you:thThumbsU

 

[MARK (LI)]

I ordered the Ross steering upgrade...this is a cool little tractor

 

[Flaken]

Ah, the pictures came in! Sure does look nice.

 

[Hammerhead007]

Nice looking tractor. Congrats!

 

[Ray2]

Haha...cool tractor indeed, if that were mine Id be looking for things to load, move, stack.....lol

 

[PA318Guy]

Nice tractor and implements! That'll save your back a bunch!

 

[mopar65pa]

:thThumbsU

 

[MARK (LI)]

Received the Ross bearing today....with all the hoses for the loader it is not easy to get to the point where the work takes place. I jacked it up and got under it...it is kind of dirty , but it does look like a pan underneath that comes off and I can get to it. When I jacked it up I found a lot of play in the right spindle....I went to grease it and it is really hard to pump it in...I was going to pull the zerk out .....I got it to spin but it is not unscrewing, so I hit it with some heat and got a little grease into it, but I have to wait for daylight tomorrow to start pulling it apart and figuring it out....I have to say that I am really impressed with how well built this machine was made......someone ( Steve Urquell ) asked what my plans are for it...I got it primarily to handle snow....maybe move a little bit of dirt and mulch around...a little bit of firewood, but I am not going to cut my grass with it or use any of the attachments...it will have an easy life in a good home...and Sergeant...thank you for the links to the two Cub sites...I registered on one of them...have to wait to be "accepted"

 

[Cat385B]

Whoa, wait a minute....

Did you get a Gannon Earthcavator with that deal? Is it a 36" model?

:wwp::wwp::wwp::wwp:

Not a huge surprise on needing some front end work, loaders are pretty tough on GT's.

That's great you have the room to keep it and use it as a dedicated loader, should be a very handy tool.

 

[tracktortag]

Congratulations, Mark! I know you've been looking for a loader for a while. It looks like your patience paid off. Nice looking tractor/FEL. It looks like some other neat goodies found their way home too.

P.S. I think you got your pics up just in time. The natives were getting restless.:tango_face_wink:

 

[Cat385B]

Dave, Mark is still better at pics than Ellis is at updates.

of course, you’d have to try really hard to beat Ellis. I’ve been trying for 12 years

 

[MARK (LI)]

Thanks for all the nice words and good wishes...I got under it this morning and jacked it up....it is actually the left "spindle that has all the play in it...but the "spindle" is just a bolt..the play is in the holes at the top and bottom of the steering knuckle that the bolt passes through...so I have found a few out there, but I might just get some grade 8 washers and weld them over the holes and there is enough room, and the bolt is long enough that I could double them up and get more strength...the bolt sits in its hole nice and snug....no play in that....also I put on that Ross bearing...there is a pan underneath the trctor that is held on with 5/16ths small bolts with star washers...I took that off to access the steering box and found a grease fitting under the bottom of the steering box...I don't think it was ever lubed, as it took a lot.....any way I am having the kind of fun you would expect with it...I did have that GT14 Wheel Horse with the Ark 500 FEL...I posted that for sale ...and it went quickly

 

[tracktortag]

Dave, Mark is still better at pics than Ellis is at updates.

lol! You're right, Cat. And might as well forget about pics altogether.

of course, you’d have to try really hard to beat Ellis. I’ve been trying for 12 years

You're right there too. He's like a Cheshire...cat.:fing32:

 

[mikeinri]

Very nice. In 2013, I saw one of those pop up locally for something like $3200, fully restored. It was gone before I could figure out how to get my wife onboard...

Mike