I took the Black Horse to the Allonby Charity Ploughing Match last month. Reversed onto the trailer with no problem, but when it came to driving it off on arrival, no drive to the rear wheels. High, low, forward, reverse, no go. Final drive pulley and shaft going round, but not the wheels. Something inside the trans' gone wrong?
Today I set too to find out. Off with seat, fender, fuel tank, brake, right hand foot plate and drive belt guard. Slacken off wheel nuts, jack up and put on axle stands'
Remove drain plug from trans and leave to drain. While draining, remove bottom bolts that fasten chassis to trans, then slacken off the top ones so oil will run out more.
That was when I saw it.
The left hand hub was up against the drive shaft casing and the woodruff key was pointing skywards. The inner end of it still just located in the hub. So hub and drive shaft still turned when wheel turned by hand. If I'd taken the wheels off first, I may have seen it sooner and saved myself a lot of work.
Hub now away to have a new keyway cut.
Now why have I posted this here, you may ask. Simples! The Black Horse is not finished yet. Oh no! more parts have been procured for it's evolvement. More to do yet, so watch this space in the months to come.
P.S. No questions or guesses as to what, will not be answered. You'll just have to wait and see.
