Posted by Billy NY on June 07, 2008 at 05:33:28 from (64.12.117.74):
In Reply to: Servis batwing posted by Jerry Cummins on June 07, 2008 at 04:53:52:
The gearbox came off, I must be missing something here, you must have lost the blade carrier too, castelleated nut on the end of the shaft came off, cotter pin missing, and the gearbox mount bolts that attach to the deck itself, assuming these to be similar to non batwing, smaller type mowers.
It's good to check those mount bolts, they seem to loosen often, and you have to pull the blade carrier to get to the other side on mine, they can wallow out and egg shape the holes in the deck if let go, then it's hard to get and keep tight. I could be comparing apples to oranges here, yours is a batwing, same mfr though.
I'm not sure how shops work on these, they must be equipped to hoist them and secure same, as it seems you do need to be able to work on both sides and being so large and bulky, that can be a challenge, definitely need a helper.
If I had to do that on mine, you could do it either way, securely block up the deck so you can get under it, but even then I'd have it rigged with something just in case the blocks rolled or it did fall, might want to use square timber cribbing, wont roll so easy. Being vertical, you have to support both the deck and rig the gear box, slide bolts into the holes, more room to work, but you'll need a 2nd pick for that gearbox once that deck is safely vertical, either way it could get you, so use care.
I've wrestled one of their straight old 6' models around, have had wrenches with pipes on the end while it was vertical to reach the blade carrier and top side of blade carrier through the hole that allows access to the shoulder bolt, it will balance and the loader held it, though I never put myself in its path if it were to fall. It's easier to attach a lifting hook to the deck and flip er over for blade changes and to change the gear lube on this one.
You may want to check the lube seal where the shaft comes out, they can leak, easy to fix that while the gear box is out, same with a lube change and flush.
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