Control Sticks Sloppy

[Uncle Vin]

The control sticks are sloppy. Has anyone devised a good mod to take the slop out?

[George]

http://www.6x6world.com/forums/transmissions/14102-t-20-mods.html

[thebuggyman1]

You have to be a little more specific. The rods that go from sticks to the trans can be replaced with ones that have heim joints to tighten them. If you have a "U" channel type t-20 you can install pivots for the "U" channels....
What is the slop that you want to eliminate?

[Uncle Vin]

The first point of sloppiness is where the control sticks meet/interact with the frame. That sloppy connection allows the sticks to wobble side-to-side and back-and-forth. How has this been addressed by the members? Also, I have heard about the Heim joint fix for the sticks-to-control rod joint, but I've never seen photos of the fix/mod.

[George]

Some guys (Whipper and Jim) have inserted pins at off-set angles into the T-20 case and mounted the U-channels to those pins. That's where you get the most slop in the newer T-20s. The Heim joints also take out quite a bit of slop in both new and old style T-20s but not nearly as much as putting those pins in. I'm pretty sure there is a thread and photo/video post on the site better than the one I found.

[JoeMeg]

The first point of sloppiness is where the control sticks meet/interact with the frame. That sloppy connection allows the sticks to wobble side-to-side and back-and-forth. How has this been addressed by the members? Also, I have heard about the Heim joint fix for the sticks-to-control rod joint, but I've never seen photos of the fix/mod.

That is the only junction in the circuit that I did not address on Gizmo.That is really the only slop left,lol.The tubes that pivot on the horizontal shaft in the frame just need to be bushed.I was in a hurry to wrap er up and opted to wait to do this upgrade.I don't remember exactly what all is involved but it wasn't too scary a project.If/when I do it I will post pics of the operation.

These here.




Joe.

[JoeMeg]

Here is my fix for the stix,



Joe.

[Uncle Vin]

That is the only junction in the circuit that I did not address on Gizmo.That is really the only slop left,lol.The tubes that pivot on the horizontal shaft in the frame just need to be bushed.I was in a hurry to wrap er up and opted to wait to do this upgrade.I don't remember exactly what all is involved but it wasn't too scary a project.If/when I do it I will post pics of the operation.

These here.




Joe.

Has anyone else bushed the pivot point on the horizontal shaft?

[Dan67]

I have a Hustler, not a max, but my idea should work just the same. I drilled out the pipes to 3/8" and inserted all thread for them to ride on. I also drilled and tapped in a grease zerg on each. Just a few squirts of marine grade grease and it firms up pretty good and keeps water and rust out.