New Hustler

[hydromike]

...but if they don't then ill attack it with my hammer and give it a try.

That's the spirit.

[bugeyed_99]

Those pins are a PTA, spent 4 hours getting one out. Sprayed it with PB Blaster then hit it with a hammer then more pb blaster then hammer, then heat. Ended up having to cut the head off and pound it out with a punch. 5 more and itll be done

[jpswift1]

Yes, they certainly can be! Glad you ended up getting it out and not having to cut the axle.

[bugeyed_99]

After finally getting out to work on the hustlers again I have cleaned up the new body and discovered a small hole underneath of where the chain sits, its about the width of the chain and 2 inches long, Im trying to figure the best way to patch it was thinking bolting a small piece of hdpe on the underside of the body as to not have to deal with the hdpe glue, would this suffice? or should I grin and bear it and try the hdpe glue? also to prevent this in the future can you shim the tranny so it sits slightly higher so the chains wont rub anymore. Hopefully in a couple weeks Ill have this thing done, good news is the tranny seems to be full functional, gonna tear it apart to check bands, but shifts by hand into forward and reverse pretty smoothly.

[Mike]

I would get a spare piece of HDPE and melt it (plastic weld it) to fill the hole. If you start at the ends and work your way towards the center you should be able to patch it up.

[jpswift1]

Yep, Mike is absolutely right. You should plastic weld to repair the HDPE, the glue is for ABS plastic.

[bugeyed_99]

Ill look into the plastic welding, this is the glue I bought
TAP Poly-Weld Adhesive : TAP Plastics
Also thinking of taking the old body and trimming it down and making skid plates for the new hustler

[Dan67]

You can get a good plastic welder off ebay. I have a Urethane Supply Model 6 airless. Urethane Supply Plastic Welding Kit 5600HT | eBay

[jpswift1]

That glue looks like a good idea. Put that over your welds and you've got extra strength. I like that idea and I think I'm actually going to try some of that stuff. Thanks for the link, bugeyed.

[amphibious drew]

I have had good luck plastic welding with a soldering iron and making it look pretty with a clothes iron. Its no fancy plastic welder, but it turned out pretty darn good and didn't cost anything.

[jpswift1]

I have had good luck plastic welding with a soldering iron and making it look pretty with a clothes iron. Its no fancy plastic welder, but it turned out pretty darn good and didn't cost anything.

I'll vouch for that. Drew did very nice work.

[bugeyed_99]

I have had good luck plastic welding with a soldering iron and making it look pretty with a clothes iron. Its no fancy plastic welder, but it turned out pretty darn good and didn't cost anything.

Did you use a plastic welding rod, or just melt the 2 peices together?

[jpswift1]

Did you use a plastic welding rod, or just melt the 2 peices together?

Drew used pieces of HDPE plastic as welding rod.

[bugeyed_99]

So Ive discovered another roadblock in the rebuild, apparently the previous owner didn't like using inner bearing on the axels, but the issue is Ive got the gear loose and the axel unbolted from the frame, but I cant get the gear off the end of the axel, there is 3 little ridges that the gear wont go over, how does this come off?
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[thebuggyman1]

That looks like the inner race of the trashed bearing to me.