Toughest Cub Cadet transaxle in existence! Nice job with the build. The torque specs for the axle bolts and rear cover bolts are 30 ft-lbs. Pulling the rear cover off is never fun if the original gasket is still in place...I've spent way too much time scraping and wire-wheeling the old gasket material off before installing a new one. (perfectionism/OCD is an awful thing sometimes...)
I definatly wont break this one. Thanks for the axle torque specs. I may torque it once its dropped in. As soon as this 582 is finished I will be full in this 982 build.
I'm doing a 1" fine spline upgrade to a 149 now. Benefitting from this video series greatly...Thank You! I will add something important I encountered with this job. I bought my fine spline parts from ebay a year or 2 back. Everything looked great and was well wrapped, etc. When I tried to adjust the preload...I was coming up "SHORT" about .065"! *(the diff carrier literally moved left to right 1/16"!) Turns out...someone somehow installed a very similar looking, BUT WRONG bearing on the diff carrier's right side. CHECK YOUR BEARINGS CAREFULLY!! Also... Even among the cast iron bearing carriers, they are NOT alike. The fine spline carriers have .025" thicker mounting flanges, and have a tighter fit inside the case, and are NOT drilled behind the the bearing cups for better axle tube lubrication. This has definitely been a learning experience for me, and your video series has been very beneficial.👍
Glad the videos helped. I have only done one of these 30mm axle swaps, But I have done 3 other fine spline swaps. You are correct on the bearings. I luckily had doner rearends where I was able to swap the carrier with there bearings also. I plan on doing a few more of these. This is really the ultimit setup for a Cub Cadet.
Toughest Cub Cadet transaxle in existence! Nice job with the build. The torque specs for the axle bolts and rear cover bolts are 30 ft-lbs. Pulling the rear cover off is never fun if the original gasket is still in place...I've spent way too much time scraping and wire-wheeling the old gasket material off before installing a new one. (perfectionism/OCD is an awful thing sometimes...)
I definatly wont break this one. Thanks for the axle torque specs. I may torque it once its dropped in. As soon as this 582 is finished I will be full in this 982 build.
I'm doing a 1" fine spline upgrade to a 149 now. Benefitting from this video series greatly...Thank You!
I will add something important I encountered with this job.
I bought my fine spline parts from ebay a year or 2 back. Everything looked great and was well wrapped, etc.
When I tried to adjust the preload...I was coming up "SHORT" about .065"!
*(the diff carrier literally moved left to right 1/16"!)
Turns out...someone somehow installed a very similar looking, BUT WRONG bearing on the diff carrier's right side.
CHECK YOUR BEARINGS CAREFULLY!!
Also...
Even among the cast iron bearing carriers, they are NOT alike.
The fine spline carriers have .025" thicker mounting flanges, and have a tighter fit inside the case, and are NOT drilled behind the the bearing cups for better axle tube lubrication.
This has definitely been a learning experience for me, and your video series has been very beneficial.👍
Glad the videos helped. I have only done one of these 30mm axle swaps, But I have done 3 other fine spline swaps. You are correct on the bearings. I luckily had doner rearends where I was able to swap the carrier with there bearings also. I plan on doing a few more of these. This is really the ultimit setup for a Cub Cadet.
It doesn't dry.
When it meets humidity it " hardens".
And will actually harden underwater.
There's nothing wrong with waiting extra.
What type of oil is in it
There is no oil in ot yet. I use Hytan in all my Cub Cadets. This one may get Amsoil hydro fluid, But I am not sure yet.