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Waldon 5000 – Todays picture shows my afternoon project that turned into a two day project. For three years the bottom center articulating pin has been wobbly . It was rusted solid to the center pivot ball . Tried many times to soak it and hammer it out with no luck. Today I was determined to get that pin out come hell or high water, ha,ha.
Got the torch out and commenced to cut, and cut and cut . Hosed it down twice with cold water and hammered wome more to break the rust free but no luck.
More cutting away of the support bracket and finally a couple more hits from below with a sledge hammer and a piece of one inch rod and it popped out. YIPPEE !
Tomorrow I will have to grind everything smooth and start building the replacement pivot frame parts i cut out today. I was careful what I cut and didn’t touch the main lower frame swivel section. So once the parts are rewelded it should be great. I am putting extended threads on the bottom of the pin to insure the pin doesn’t work loose again.
Got a couple more calls today on this Waldon but for now I am having fun fixing it up. I put a new grab handle on it a new step , modified the foot pedal and repainted a lot of the box. I’d like to put a cool chrome stack on it too as the neighbor guy said he has two more chrome truck stacks i can have like I put on my grandsons hot rod tractor.
JD suitcase weights- I got 7 jd weights I sanded today and painted them to go on the back of my little jd 455 . This will be the first time ever snowblowing with one of my little tractors now my big john deere is gone. Got to be sure it has weight on the back .
Have a great Tues.
