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ramper
Joined: Dec 29, 2009
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Craftsman Transaxle Blown apart
Original Message Feb 15, 2010 9:50 am |
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The transaxle of my garden tractor blew up. The aluminium casing brake and I can see the gears. I need to replace it but I am not sure if there are other options. The tractor is Model number 917.2575561 Serial number 060194C 004553. I am searching for a replacement, but I have started to wonder if I have other options. Is it possible to swap another transaxle?
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friiy
Location: Las Vegas, The Desert
Joined: Apr 12, 2008
Points: 600
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Re: Craftsman Transaxle Blown apart
Reply #8 Feb 16, 2010 7:25 pm |
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I am curious, what a happed to it?... It should be repairable.. All you need is a brake down right? I know that Peerless had breakdowns for all their models.. and all the parts are sold (or were).. Good Luck, Friiy
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ramper
Joined: Dec 29, 2009
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Re: Craftsman Transaxle Blown apart
Reply #9 Feb 16, 2010 8:11 pm |
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I am not sure what happened to it. I THINK that there must have been water inside the unit. The water froze and cracked the housing. I can see gears from the outside so the top housing is gone. This is NOT good. I will take the piece off and look at repairing it. I am still interested in an entire unit as it might be worth it to not have more issues
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hirschallan
If it aint broke don't fix it !!
Location: Northern Hills of NY
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Re: Craftsman Transaxle Blown apart
Reply #10 Feb 16, 2010 9:45 pm |
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Theres lots of glues on the market theses days to repiar just about anything. If all all thats wrong with it is a crack in the casing without a problem with internals, I for one would go for the repair. My 3 cents:
This message was modified Feb 16, 2010 by hirschallan
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GtWtNorth
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Re: Craftsman Transaxle Blown apart
Reply #11 Feb 19, 2010 7:38 am |
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I agree with hirschallan. If the problem is just a hole then there is a product called Devcon that is widely available that will do the trick. They have many different products but you are looking for is their aluminium putty. here's a link (no I don't work for them) http://www.devcon.com/products/products.cfm?market=Maintenance%20%26%20Repair&family=Aluminum%20Putty%20%28F%29 I've seen the local OPE repair guy use it to fill a 2 inch hole in a Tecumseh block. Cheers
This message was modified Feb 19, 2010 by GtWtNorth
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