I have a Mott or Alamo 70 or 72 6' finish cut flail mower that I bought used.
It cut nice when I bought it though it needs blades replaced. The belt broke and I bought a new belt for it. That belt lasted about a year and it came apart. I bought another belt, topped off the oil in the gear box
greased it and went to work.
I was cutting and it started to make noise, run rough and vibrate. I thought maybe I hit a piece of fence wire. I checked but found nothing. I tried it again with the same result, but then it just quit completely.
I believed something either broke or seized in the gear box. When you start to engage the PTO, you can hear / feel the tractor bogging down, the PTO shaft isn't even moving...or going to move so I stopped trying.
Any idea what the problem is?
Any idea how to remove the gear box?
Is there any manuals (with a parts diagram) available to show me how to fix it?
This has the big old round gear box on it with bolts around the big cover and a small round center cover in the middle. It has a tube from the gearbox to the side with the pulleys.
Also, any idea how the gearbox connects to the pulley shaft? do they just slip together?
Any help is greatly appreciated!!
It cut nice when I bought it though it needs blades replaced. The belt broke and I bought a new belt for it. That belt lasted about a year and it came apart. I bought another belt, topped off the oil in the gear box
greased it and went to work.
I was cutting and it started to make noise, run rough and vibrate. I thought maybe I hit a piece of fence wire. I checked but found nothing. I tried it again with the same result, but then it just quit completely.
I believed something either broke or seized in the gear box. When you start to engage the PTO, you can hear / feel the tractor bogging down, the PTO shaft isn't even moving...or going to move so I stopped trying.
Any idea what the problem is?
Any idea how to remove the gear box?
Is there any manuals (with a parts diagram) available to show me how to fix it?
This has the big old round gear box on it with bolts around the big cover and a small round center cover in the middle. It has a tube from the gearbox to the side with the pulleys.
Also, any idea how the gearbox connects to the pulley shaft? do they just slip together?
Any help is greatly appreciated!!