Land Pride RCR1560 brush mower problem.

sounds like you can't make a weld that will hold??

Don't let that get you down,most can't.

I can weld most things so they don't break again in the weld,but I know how,you do not evidently.

So what are you asking?:sidelaugh

First off it's not only my weld that broke! I've been welding for over thirty years, and it's pretty rare that I have a weld fail. It seems like there is a hammering effect taking place with the weight of the wheel assembly. I'm wondering if there is supposed to be a small spring in the gap that
I filled up with washers. I left the spindle shaft with a about an eighth of an inch of up and down play. When the weld first broke I didn't find any other parts laying around.


Bob

Marty... I don't know much (anything?) about that Land Pride mower, but...

Of all the brush hogs that I've used/worked on.... none of them have had any type of "shock absorption" in the tail wheel, like your outlining.

That's a pretty perplexing problem you've got there. :goodl: Hope you can get it figured out and fixed...

Tonyb, thanks for the manual. My book didn't have good views of the rear tail wheel. I just got done re- welding it. The weld was burnt about 3/16" deep on the shaft. I cleaned it up so that I could push the shaft all the way through the hole in the yoke. I left two washers on the bottom, and one on the top. I pushed the shaft tight against the washers so it protruded through the hole in the yoke then welded it. Now it has just a small amount of free travel, maybe .025". My thought is that the hole that the shaft goes through may have enough wear that the shaft is able to wobble slightly and stress the weld at the bottom end. If ti happens again I'll weld it on the top as well, but then it will need some machining so it won't wear on the washer above it. By pushing the shaft through the hole I was able to get more weld on the side surface of the shaft. Maybe that will help to stabilize the side to side movement of the shaft.


Bob