Aaron
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I would toss the regular washer and put a Nordlock washer instead. Replace pin with bolt. If it goes again, weld it all up until she blows up because the bigger parts are likely worth more than the machine.
Bright Raven said:Bushhog 296 Single Spindle Rotary Cutter. Single stump jumper with the usual two blades. The stump jumper is attached to the splines of the gearbox shaft with a washer and castle nut. There is a cotter key through the turrets of the castle nut.
The nut keeps coming loose and shears the cotter key. I have had the stump jumper drop off twice. It is not fun putting it back on. I just checked it after mowing this morning and it is loose again. What is a solution short of welding the dang thing on?
greybeard said:I've fixed more than one including the 6' Modern I have and several that came in to the Kubota dealership I worked for...there were also some that couldn't be fixed short of parts replacement , depending how long they ran with the nut loose, how many times it happened and how bad the splines were worn.TennesseeTuxedo said:I told you a week ago you couldn't fix that.
We had one, covered by Rhino warranty even tho it was out of warranty because it was bad metallurgy..they did a bad heat treat when they built the shaft for the gearbox.
ClodHopper37869 said:On my BushHog the torque specs are 450 Ft Lbs! Thats tighter than Good & Tight! LOL
wbvs58 said:ClodHopper37869 said:On my BushHog the torque specs are 450 Ft Lbs! Thats tighter than Good & Tight! LOL
45 lbs on the end of a 10' pipe.
Ken