Monday, 15 January 2018

Back together again - up and running

Right - let's put it all back together.

Gears:


 Belt housing:





Spindle drive assembly (pulley):


Motor:




Power drawbar:


All done!


Powered it up - all working nicely. Initially it was making some funny noises but these were clearly just the sound of the new grease slurping about and redistributing itself. But after just a minute or so, everything settled down and now it runs very nicely indeed. Manually changed to low speed range - this also runs very quietly. 








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