Tiller Question
Posted: Sat May 02, 2015 1:36 pm
My Dad recently aquired a #2 tiller and we are working on putting it on my 1450. I haven't fooled with tillers very much. The gearbox had no plug so we cleaned it out and repacked it with grease. We used an aftermarket A-144 belt and it seems to work ok. We just got everything together today and havent tried tilling yet. We ran the gearbox alone and it sounded ok but with the tiller mounted and running it seems a little noisy to me.
I assume the chain case is just packed with grease. I'm just wondering how noisy these tillers normally are and whether I should do anything with the chain case. The bearings all seem tight. I did download and read the manual and it says the chain case is "sealed and lubed for life". And as we all know that most of these tractors are long past the lifetime the engineers originally expected out of them. We will only be using it for two small gardens but I don't want to destroy it either.
I assume the chain case is just packed with grease. I'm just wondering how noisy these tillers normally are and whether I should do anything with the chain case. The bearings all seem tight. I did download and read the manual and it says the chain case is "sealed and lubed for life". And as we all know that most of these tractors are long past the lifetime the engineers originally expected out of them. We will only be using it for two small gardens but I don't want to destroy it either.