Fawteen
Well-known Member
- Location
- Downeast Maine
I do a little small engine yard equipment repair now that I'm retired.
Feller brought me a Cub Cadet LTX1050 Hydro to look at.
No go forward or reverse, and when the "clutch" is let out so the belt is turning the input shaft to the trans, it makes the most gosh awful scraping sound. Pressing on the pedals will get a little juddering, but no movement.
Based on that, I'm guessing something major has let go in the trans. I can turn the fan by hand and it feels alright (no immediate evidence of a broken shaft or a nasty bearing) but at engine speed it's really ugly.
The feller said "I need it fixed no matter how much it costs" (yeah...right...) but I'd like to give him something a little more definite than "the transmission is broke".
Can someone give me an idea of what to look at and whether or not the trans is rebuildable or even worth rebuilding? Might start looking around for a used unit if that's worth messing with?
Feller brought me a Cub Cadet LTX1050 Hydro to look at.
No go forward or reverse, and when the "clutch" is let out so the belt is turning the input shaft to the trans, it makes the most gosh awful scraping sound. Pressing on the pedals will get a little juddering, but no movement.
Based on that, I'm guessing something major has let go in the trans. I can turn the fan by hand and it feels alright (no immediate evidence of a broken shaft or a nasty bearing) but at engine speed it's really ugly.
The feller said "I need it fixed no matter how much it costs" (yeah...right...) but I'd like to give him something a little more definite than "the transmission is broke".
Can someone give me an idea of what to look at and whether or not the trans is rebuildable or even worth rebuilding? Might start looking around for a used unit if that's worth messing with?