Stuff you have fixed today

[Blobber]

My sort of porn

Blimey stuffs moved on since we had to be satisfied with a used copy of readers wives!

 

[bricol]

I don't know what the apple offering is but as you've found, samsung smart switch is really good. The only bits it missed were odd settings like configuring the home screen buttons to look like a huawei (I has a P20 before) and a couple of apps like microsoft swift key, but small beans for the amount of work it did do.

Transferring banking apps is still a pain in the posterior, but all our family are on used S20s now. ~£125 a go, the last S line phone with SD card storage and there are still plenty of unmolested ones kicking about.

Ah - I don't have anything as important as banking on my phone.

 

[Bki26]

I used to work servicing lawnmowers, etc and hated seeing one of those come in because it was guaranteed that the bearings in the grass collector would be seized.
The corrosion you see is typical so bearing replacement always involved cutting and welding.
The design is unique but appalling, they are the only maker to use this style of collector. But all the owners love them because they give the lawn a brushed look with no wheel marks.

I'm surprised the bearings are metric for an 99% imperial parts machine but thankfully you can just get six 6205 bearings for £15 so I will replace the ones in the cutting Deck as even though they seem to be good would make sense just doing it whilst I have it off the sharpening the blades and the two spare will go in the grass collector since they all use the 6205.

The pulley side has seized which is why it's worn down the shaft so I'm just going to make a replacement stub which is a copy of the non-pully side that I will press fit onto the pulley side once I turn it down, a bit like putting a socket on an extension bar and I can use the scrap mower cutting deck shaft as 25mm bar stock to make the replacement bit!

*edit

Well you are right about them corroding in place took a few hits to get it moving however it gave instantly once pass the rusted section so the following hit was basically just the the hammer hitting my fingers into the sheet metal that makes the housing thus scraping the skin off my fingers through the gloves and probably giving me a nice and painful bone bruise later...

 

[Dapph2]

The fact she is gorgeous helps too

Taken though, goddammit.

Some offer a library service though

 

[Dapph2]

I'm surprised the bearings are metric for an 99% imperial parts machine but thankfully you can just get six 6205 bearings for £15 so I will replace the ones in the cutting Deck as even though they seem to be good would make sense just doing it whilst I have it off the sharpening the blades and the two spare will go in the grass collector since they all use the 6205.

The pulley side has seized which is why it's worn down the shaft so I'm just going to make a replacement stub which is a copy of the non-pully side that I will press fit onto the pulley side once I turn it down, a bit like putting a socket on an extension bar and I can use the scrap mower cutting deck shaft as 25mm bar stock to make the replacement bit!

*edit

Well you are right about them corroding in place took a few hits to get it moving however it gave instantly once pass the rusted section so the following hit was basically just the the hammer hitting my fingers into the sheet metal that makes the housing thus scraping the skin off my fingers through the gloves and probably giving me a nice and painful bone bruise later...
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I suspect the bearing problem is due to the owners using a high power washer to clean the machines and wrecking the bearings over time because of the high pressure water .
Were they supposed to be fully enclosed sealed bearings

 

[qwakers]

it rode away today with no issues, with pumped up tyres, adjusted brakes, all working electrics and a brand new genuine honda uk spec carburettor, rather than the very messed with brazil spec carb with a seized power valve and half the linkage missing so rebuilding it was impossible.

total cost to her was £60 for the nos carb, bought from ebay from a honda specialist retiring.

she's ecstatic, i have beer. all is good with the world

forgot to add the finished product picture...

 

[Turbo]

I suspect the bearing problem is due to the owners using a high power washer to clean the machines and wrecking the bearings over time because of the high pressure water .
Were they supposed to be fully enclosed sealed bearings

More likely to be lack of cleaning and maintenance.
Grass is very corrosive and produces a strong acid as it ferments. That promotes rust. It also holds water and sits around nooks like bearings and shafts.

The box on those is poorly designed and leaves the bearings exposed.

But as you suggested pressure washing isn't a good idea. A blow down with an airline is better.

 

[roblane65]

forgot to add the finished product picture...
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And you didn't sneak a picture of the lovely happy client at the handover .

 

[Morrisman]

For some reason I keep fumbling gear change into 2nd gear, on my Mondeo. My arm/hand is very weak, more so than the right arm. Just driving along it shifts fine, but whenever I’m in a junction, or lights, with other cars around, maybe turning, accelerating etc, I’m using effort on other things and my left arm gets even more useless and the lever refuses to go right into place.

Anyway, I devised a cunning plan: extend the gear lever, more leverage, easier gear changing, simple….







The fixings are more complicated than expected, but hours browsing the interweb found this doohickey, that goes right in. It makes a difference, 2 more inches, but it’s not quite right. They make a 3” extension too.

 

[dobbslc]

Have you tried swearing at it?
Shouting get in you bastard normal helps me...

 

[cheb]

Just pretend it's got hair round it.

 

[qwakers]

And you didn't sneak a picture of the lovely happy client at the handover .

you twisted my arm.....


pinched off her facebook page

id link to her open photo album, but it seems she has no idea that everything you adds to her public album can be seen by everyone......

 

[MattF]

but it seems she has no idea that everything you adds to her public album can be seen by everyone......

Maybe she knows full well it can.

 

[DanZac]

you twisted my arm.....
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pinched off her facebook page

id link to her open photo album, but it seems she has no idea that everything you adds to her public album can be seen by everyone......

I've woken up with drawings all over my face after falling asleep in places I shouldn't have after a few too many beers a few times too. My mates obviously weren't as nice as hers though because they never drew pretty stars and moons on my face. It was always stuff my mother wouldn't have approved of.

 

[Bki26]

you twisted my arm.....
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pinched off her facebook page

id link to her open photo album, but it seems she has no idea that everything you adds to her public album can be seen by everyone......

Don't suppose you have a weakness for goths by any chance?

 

[qwakers]

thats not her only style, she makes a cute redhead too

 

[Bki26]

It's a good thing you can't reverse image search faces or everyone will be trying to find the profile now

 

[Onoff]

The great feeling of knowing you've truly helped someone is good enough for payment in those kind of situations!


I started fixing the carnage of the previous "repair" on the westwood powered grass collector, last person to work on it just welded it up and called it a day so unfortunately had to cut out the brush stock and that'll need replacing which is normally £40-60 it seems however it's just a 1" box section with some holes which I can get and drill for ~£10.

The shaft unfortunately is a bit ******** from the seized bearing even though I managed to remove the brush stock without heavily damaging it so I'll remake the end and turn down the existing to weld it in place.

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What it should look like.
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The box section that all the flails fit on is either 1" box or 25mm box in case you ever need to redo it. I can't remember which but it threw me when I renewed mine...

 

[Bki26]

The box section that all the flails fit on is either 1" box or 25mm box in case you ever need to redo it. I can't remember which but it threw me when I renewed mine...

Yea it's 1" but seems to be ~2.3mm wall which I don't think matches any sheet metal gauge so I'll have to recheck it. I think I can get away with 25mm 2mm wall as the shaft is ~20.8m. So I can just squeeze the box sides to fill the rattle and paint the box to make the brush holders not rattle.

 

[Onoff]

Yea it's 1" but seems to be ~2.3mm wall which I don't think matches any sheet metal gauge so I'll have to recheck it. I think I can get away with 25mm 2mm wall as the shaft is ~20.8m. So I can just squeeze the box sides to fill the rattle and paint the box to make the brush holders not rattle.

I've got some of the 1" box here still if you let me know the length.