Loving this so far I'm super new no real experience fabricating so if you guys could go more in depth that would be great like I know your already doing alot and I appreciate the heck outta you guys for sharing.
Protip from a harley tech. Wear rubber gloves when dealing with grease, oil, brake fluid, and super glue. Grease in particular is a pain to clean off your hand. It takes forever to scrub it off. But gloves make it a breeze. Keep at it kid.
Nice video....I learned a lot. Can you tell me/your audience, which mowers you look for and prefer to transform into a crawler? Which mowers have the standard transmission vs the hydrostatic oil drive units...Thanks
We like looking for older mowers With manual transaxles that have 1” axle shafts Peerless 2300/1200 Peerless 820 Peerless 633a Along with that we look for more Harvey duty frames These style mowers usually come with 5 bolt 12” rims That we’re able to put 25” atv tires on to As well they usually come with 8” front rims that we also use to run 19-20” front tires Some mowers have hood steering setups that can be modded easy some are a lot more work But it’s definitely important to have a strong steering setup We also like to add hydro hand brakes to the setups as well A lot goes into building a mower We don’t run hydrostatic transaxles for off-roading mowin When looking for a mower a big clue to it having a good transaxle is a 12” rear rim that has a 5/3 bolt pattern with a 1” axle shaft We kept breaking all the 3/4” transaxle to easy Never looked back once we moved into heavy duty transaxles If you looking for a mower, put out an add on your looking market place looking for free or cheap mowers! Works every time! We will be a making a new TH-cam video going over everything someone needs to know when looking and building a mower!
I guess what I mean is like for example maybe explain what the names of some of the parts are in like a on screen parts list. What kinda toos you use and an option in case you don't have a lathe
Newby here. Really enjoying your channel. As a beginner youtuber myself I'm seeing great improvement in your vid quality and content. Question. Why weld the trans axle?
Well I guess I'm gonna try my own way tomorrow lol, I don't have a welder and can't figure out how to lock my diff and maybe bolts will work or ... idk ill play around with it. Everyone in the world has a welder lmao
You’re reassembling your transaxles incorrectly, the brass bushings that are on all of the shafts have a little nub on them, you have to make sure the little nubs line up with the slots in the casings If you do not do this it will bind when it’s tightened down all the way and make it really difficult to spin, Those casings aren’t meant to have anything but rtv sealer in between the mating surfaces, this might be the reason you keep breaking axles, you’re actually creating more play for all of the shafts with putting a gasket inbetween the casings
Yesss! Thank you redzzzzzzz thank you so much I will change that! The gasket stuff I use squeezes Down to nothing! Will update people with this lil tip in a new vid, thanks again! Appreciate it
Like the way you built that front axle. Lift plus more articulation.
Loving this so far I'm super new no real experience fabricating so if you guys could go more in depth that would be great like I know your already doing alot and I appreciate the heck outta you guys for sharing.
Do you have a video explaining your set up for the rear hub that you welded etc. Thanks
Nice work buddy 🤙🏻
Protip from a harley tech. Wear rubber gloves when dealing with grease, oil, brake fluid, and super glue. Grease in particular is a pain to clean off your hand. It takes forever to scrub it off. But gloves make it a breeze. Keep at it kid.
Yes very good point!
Always love tips!
Man your lucky to have princess auto I wish I had a parts store like that
Tractor supply, harbor freight
Nice video....I learned a lot. Can you tell me/your audience, which mowers you look for and prefer to transform into a crawler? Which mowers have the standard transmission vs the hydrostatic oil drive units...Thanks
We like looking for older mowers
With manual transaxles that have 1” axle shafts
Peerless 2300/1200
Peerless 820
Peerless 633a
Along with that we look for more Harvey duty frames
These style mowers usually come with 5 bolt 12” rims
That we’re able to put 25” atv tires on to
As well they usually come with 8” front rims that we also use to run 19-20” front tires
Some mowers have hood steering setups that can be modded easy some are a lot more work
But it’s definitely important to have a strong steering setup
We also like to add hydro hand brakes to the setups as well
A lot goes into building a mower
We don’t run hydrostatic transaxles for off-roading mowin
When looking for a mower a big clue to it having a good transaxle is a 12” rear rim that has a 5/3 bolt pattern with a 1” axle shaft
We kept breaking all the 3/4” transaxle to easy
Never looked back once we moved into heavy duty transaxles
If you looking for a mower, put out an add on your looking market place looking for free or cheap mowers! Works every time!
We will be a making a new TH-cam video going over everything someone needs to know when looking and building a mower!
This is a old video on the channel
Check out our new build series builds, tons of info in the videos
I guess what I mean is like for example maybe explain what the names of some of the parts are in like a on screen parts list. What kinda toos you use and an option in case you don't have a lathe
Newby here. Really enjoying your channel. As a beginner youtuber myself I'm seeing great improvement in your vid quality and content. Question. Why weld the trans axle?
So both tires spin together, it’s like having a locker in a off-road truck
@@okoffroadmowers defeating a differential where one wheel is slipping and the other is doing all the work. Positraction?
Would you happen to know the part number for the exhaust on this model? Looking to do
a little muffler set up on mine but can’t find the # anywhere.
Well I guess I'm gonna try my own way tomorrow lol, I don't have a welder and can't figure out how to lock my diff and maybe bolts will work or ... idk ill play around with it. Everyone in the world has a welder lmao
You’re reassembling your transaxles incorrectly, the brass bushings that are on all of the shafts have a little nub on them, you have to make sure the little nubs line up with the slots in the casings
If you do not do this it will bind when it’s tightened down all the way and make it really difficult to spin,
Those casings aren’t meant to have anything but rtv sealer in between the mating surfaces, this might be the reason you keep breaking axles, you’re actually creating more play for all of the shafts with putting a gasket inbetween the casings
Yesss! Thank you redzzzzzzz thank you so much I will change that! The gasket stuff I use squeezes Down to nothing! Will update people with this lil tip in a new vid, thanks again! Appreciate it
@@okoffroadmowers well that’s good the gasket stuff squeezes down pretty good but just check them out next time you you do one, you’ll see what I mean
that axle, as the boys say from #carsandcameras would say it will be fine, lol
It amazing work
Weldless locked rear end is way stronger. 10 years strong on mine and she will still wheelie the old craftsman
What is that 5 hole plate actually called? I can find the small hubs but not the plate to weld it too!
where do you find the small hubs?
I'm also wondering what both are called so I can find them local