Nah bro, he did this build right and goes to show you don't need to remove the muffler to get fast because it literally was fast without touching the engine.
Whenever you get past the originally intended speeds, replacing the grease that's packed in the transaxle with thick gear oil is essential, unless you want to blow out the transaxle. Also, it will heat up quickly due to it being spun much faster than manufacturing spec.
And adding a breather on the top of the case helps with pressure building from the heat. A simple threaded hose end or repurpose a pcv valve from a car parts store.
I made one when I was younger with a top speed of 48mph. Ran that stock 5 speed for over 2 years without any issues. I simple switched pulleys though so I still had a clutch but did not have any brakes
Dude you're genius! Great video, great editing, great photography and straight to the point. Your build is absolutely amazing in how you figured all that stuff out and the quality of the build!
This could have been stretched into a 6 part series with each video being 15 minutes of mostly vlogging and buying parts on some other channels lol, this guy is great
i dont know why i was recommended this video and i dont know why i watched it, but i am thoroughly impressed how much faster it goes and this man is a legend because any other youtuber would have made this be a 30 min video easy with a part 2.
This looks like a friggin hoot! I'm actually amazed you did this all without welding anything. Pretty much everything could be acquired from a hardware and auto parts store to make this.
Thanks for the video, I have the exact same mower so I will be able to have everything I need for when I start the build. Do you have any recommendations for any modifications to help keep it stable at higher speeds? I was thinking maybe offsetting the wheels and lowering it would help wonders.
Another thing to check- take off your steering wheel and the cover that goes to the dash. You'll see a bolt that goes through the shaft. The hole gets egged out over time. Mine was real sloppy. Drill out the holes to the next size bolt. Made a big difference on mine.
If i would re-do mine i would drop the ride hight, cut slots out of the chassis and mount the differential higher. And make the wheel base longer, like mounting the whole front rack in front of the mower like a long dragster.
@@ravenbuilds2.02 Yeah it works great, no issues at all. Mine goes 30 with a 5” front pulley and a 3” rear with 20” tires. I went for a mud/race mower, I can do both and it was such a fun build. If you want to build one and have any questions I can help you out, I’ve built over 6 race/mud mowers now.
My journeyman has been helping me come up with a design to build my own racing mower and I’m definitely gonna take a lot of inspiration from this. I’m just lucky my journeyman also has a welding ticket so hes gonna teach me to weld and help me lower the frame. Best job I’ve ever had😎
Great video! Needed a way to install a clutch for my old mower, originally had a clutch plate, put the transaxle broke, put a diff Transaxle in and now I can put a cvt on instead of all pulley clutch stuff. Thank you! Saved me a bunch of time
Heres a few extra tips 1. Lower the mower closer to the ground. That way your center of gravity is lower and you wont have to worry as much about flipping 2. You can change the wheel size in the back of the mower so you can achieve higher or lower speeds. 3. Be very careful about how fast you spin that engine. You can lose the flywheel, connecting rod or the torque converter because non of those parts are meant to spin over 3000rpm. (Give or take a bit) I had my torque converter blow on my go kart cause I was turning it like 5500 RPM. Just be safe and have fun, other than that awesomd video
@@DerpleDude well do keep in mind I had a flywheel and connecting rod that were billet aluminium and they are rated for up to about 8000 rpm. The torque converter is not, so when you run a high rpm engine like that you have to have like a multi plate clutch or like a juggernaut TC thats actually rated for those rpms. You just need to put an aluminium flywheel and connecting rod in an engine like that if your gonna turn those RPMs. Please please please do not remove the governor until you put those parts in because if the cast iron flywheel comes apart I promise it will rip and tear through whatever it hits. Ive seen guys on mini bikes have to have their leg amputated because the flywheel shattered and shrapnel tore apart their leg. And everyone thinks it wont happen to them, until it does. Seriously $200-$300 is not that much compared to the hospital bills youll have to get your leg, back or whatever other body part fixed.
All I’d say with lowering it is you’d have to watch the brackets. You could flip the gearbox round and lower it that way and then just put the pulleys in a different position
In South Dakota there are a few towns that have mower racing tracks, small dirt ovals. i think there are 3 different classes. the fastest ones are called Outlaw, they are 100% modified and are basically go carts that use a lawnmower hood lol. i think none of them use the original transaxle and instead use some sort of farm equipment gear box, now that i think about it idk how they connect the engine to the gearbox lol. They use single cylinder mower engines, and i think all add their own performance carb
Oh yeah I have seen those. Hardly a mower at all. They put horizontal shaft engines and chain drive solid axles. Differentials are slower on dirt track racing.
Hey that is a fabulous idea super impressive! however your engine pulley needs to be flipped the other way cause the way it’s set up now it causes the cvt belt to ride crooked when at full speed. So you may be able to eliminate the spacer you had to make for the engine clutch pulley
I see what you mean that by flipping the driver Pulley I could eliminate the spacer. But since the driver and driven pulleys are lined up exactly, can you explain why the belt would ride crooked?
@@HowToLou it rides crooked at full throttle because when the belt moves across the engine pulley moves up towards the engine since the belt follows the solid sides angle of the v pulley and the same happens on the driven pulley it moves down because its riding the solid ramp of the pulley down towards the ground as it speeds up. Only one v half moves side to side on each pulley so the belt follows the solid side. So you want the solid sides to be opposite of each other so that the both ends of the belt travels in the same direction across the pulley faces. I hope this makes sense. Have a good day! I just want to make sure you’re not going to go through belts left and right cause they ain’t cheap. I’ve worked with this style of torque converter quite a bit.
Wow, that is really a subtle factor I never would have realized, but I do see your point. You are saying even though both sides of the pulley are sloped, the belt favors the solid side over the mobile side. Interesting that the installation instructions always show the solid sides facing the same way. They don’t mind selling you more belts, I guess.
@@HowToLou the reason why the go kart one you showed is set up to have both bigger sides of the clutch out is because the solid sides are flat and therefore the belt stays in the same line across the face as it moves. Also click the link to see the comet brochure on setup. they are only opposite on the symmetrical drive setup which is what your mower has. The setup on your go kart is a asymmetrical system. Bmi karts has a lot of how to’s to look up on their page. Have fun!
I wish we had YT or something like this information back in the 90s. we had 2 mowers doing nothing in a barn on our land and I wanted a gokart so bad as a kid.
Almost. The racing mower uses the 40 series, designed for anything over 8hp. The 3203 (i have one too) uses the 30 series, designed for anything under 8hp. Otherwise, they are the same. I use a 30 on this minibike upgrade. Make Your Minibike Faster - Torque Converter ua-cam.com/video/GScvHAnYWZQ/v-deo.html
I’ve always wanted to do a racing mower, I definitely like the mud mowers though lol throw some good beefy tires on the back and pulley swap and a little bigger tires up front good to rip! And I live in Oklahoma so ppl always just throwing mowers away or putting them at end of driveway for someone to pick up! Cheap easy fun!!
I wanna do this so bad😂😂😂 I use to love doing this as a kid with one of my old step dads didn’t work on them he wasn’t that cool obviously easy work belts n what not but memories are awesome you should build these sell em don’t know what the market looks like though probably not the most buyers
When you were inside the transaxle you should of welded that bad boy solid I just did more mods over the weekend on my lt1000 I have a fix mounted seat, battery under the hood, dirtbike carb with a gas peddle, catch can for the breather, 41/2” up front and 3” rear pulley, stock clutch and it holds the power still. I have to use my heal to give it some tension if I’m doing a speed run 😂 but it works for now. Welded spiders and 20” holeshot clone tires I got at the junk yard with 80% tread still. MSD spark plug cap and a 4 point racing spark plug like they use in race carts. My mower does 30mph oh and I put a cast iron front axle on it. All in all since I did the fixed mounted seat and axle in the front and added more washers to really tighten the slop up they front wheels had it drives incredible for not having a full custom steering setup. I really like this CVT and what I think I might do next
Damn dude.. it’s people like you that make me build silly stuff.. Now I’ve gotta build one. My Craftsman has a 27hp motor so this should be interesting. More power for more fun. Arrrrrrr!!!
Great video. Just picked up an old John Deere going to do this exact build. Thanks. Hoping I have the same clearance for the drive pulley shaft. Anything else you can tell me that you came across after would be great. Also how long is the 5/8” shaft? Thanks again.
I built one on the same LTH frame. Except mine has a 25hp Kohler twin with no transmission. All hydraulic. 5 hydro pumps with one wheel motor. One pump is controlled with a control arm like a zero turn for forward and low speed reverse. Then the other 4 are turned on or off with little electric clutches. Lot of weight in hydraulics. But I took the muffler off to compensate.
@@HowToLou yes, all parallel. I'm using Hydro gear BDP pumps. I had to make special hydraulic manifolds to connect 6 high pressure hoses. By simply increasing fluid flow through the wheel motor it goes faster. All the hydraulics are mounted to a removable plate that bolts to the tractor with 12 bolts after removing the transmission. Then it sticks out the back of the tractor more than a foot, the wheel motor is back there and chain drives the axle mounted to the hydraulic panel all the way at the rear. My engine governor is all left factory and a pedal on the left controls engine speed. Right pedal controls transmission 1. Then a plate on the steering wheel has 4 switches for the 4 pumps so I can upshift or downshift without taking my hands off the wheel. A 18" wire harness makes a usable "clockspring" for now.
That’s an awesome build! For lack of a better word: DLightful! I love “taking over the top” and making something really unique, and you certainly did that! Here is my crazy build. Building a Real-Life Mario Kart ua-cam.com/video/HDaAMGNN2gQ/v-deo.html
Awesome fun project i did it with a 16hp v-twin and also made it straight piped it was awesome and sounded like a harley. BUT the problem is braking. it would NOT stop on the original little differentiel brake. u need a disc brake from an atv or something on it. Ultimate cheap way to make it fast without buying anything is turn the pulleys around and delete the governor. now go break a leg
I didn't think it would be that easy to take the slop out of the steering mechanism. Very cool.
Yeah. I honestly thought this would all be a lot harder it’s way easier than I thought
Never thought one bolt would make my whole car not drive straight🤷 found that out real quick my rear camber control bolt came out somehow
@@farmerbobbygrows3338 and one too many bolts in your motor can make it not run too
@@RayRayLitFam amen brotha we live we learn we die trying💪
Would you please give us sources and parts #'s for the steering bolts and bushings. Sizes etc. Thanks!
You forgot the most important part! Replacing the muffler with a header pipe, so your neighbors know that you mean business! lol
Good point!!
get a v-twin they sound awesome straight piped.
@@Boemel I agree.. My Kawasaki 750 Atv Is A V Twin And It sounds amazing.. Like A supercharged Beast And A Beast It Sure Is..
Nah bro, he did this build right and goes to show you don't need to remove the muffler to get fast because it literally was fast without touching the engine.
@@j887276 the muffler delete theyre talking about is only for the sound
Whenever you get past the originally intended speeds, replacing the grease that's packed in the transaxle with thick gear oil is essential, unless you want to blow out the transaxle. Also, it will heat up quickly due to it being spun much faster than manufacturing spec.
Doesnt matter when the input shaft bearings dont get no grease and will burn and lock up before the gears inside do
And adding a breather on the top of the case helps with pressure building from the heat. A simple threaded hose end or repurpose a pcv valve from a car parts store.
I made one when I was younger with a top speed of 48mph. Ran that stock 5 speed for over 2 years without any issues. I simple switched pulleys though so I still had a clutch but did not have any brakes
I really like this. You're showing people how without a fancy shop full of tools. Some tutorials require 20 grand of equipment first
Thank you for catching that. I have a welder, an specifically didn’t use it because I wanted most people to be able to do this.
The sounds that those Craftsman mowers make are so satisfying for some reason. Who knew an 18 horsepower engine could sound so awesome?
my 15hp motorcycle has a 450$ exhaust. can’t anyone tell me it doesnt sound badass lol
The Predator 212 I put into a chinese quad sounds about the same somehow, they sound beefy!
Dude you're genius! Great video, great editing, great photography and straight to the point. Your build is absolutely amazing in how you figured all that stuff out and the quality of the build!
How is it that older people understand how to make a video better than these dumb Tik Tok kids nowadays
This is red neck ingenuity
What an epic video. So fast paced and engaging. This could have been stretched to 10 mins and still have been awesome.
Great work mate
This could have been stretched into a 6 part series with each video being 15 minutes of mostly vlogging and buying parts on some other channels lol, this guy is great
i dont know why i was recommended this video and i dont know why i watched it, but i am thoroughly impressed how much faster it goes and this man is a legend because any other youtuber would have made this be a 30 min video easy with a part 2.
Along with a ‘make sure to like and subscribe’ comment every minute.
Clear, straight forward instructions with good camera work concise narration and no unnecessary bs.Awesome job.
This by far has to be the best diy video on the internet
the straight cut gear sound coming from a lawnmower is iconic
Great video. Right to the point, and very informative. Squeezed alot of work in under 6 minutes. You sir have gained a new subscriber today
Omg! This was the best how to video ive see! You cut out all the boring to watch wrenching and i still understood everything, 🤘🏻 great work!
New subscriber! Love how simple you explain stuff! Keep up the great videos!
This looks like a friggin hoot! I'm actually amazed you did this all without welding anything. Pretty much everything could be acquired from a hardware and auto parts store to make this.
Thank you! Yes, I have a welder, but wanted to design something most people could easily build with minimal tools.
@@HowToLouwhat kind of mower I want to build one
I have to say, that was one of the best instructional videos I've ever watched.
I’ve always had a funny time imagining the cvt in real life this video just opened my eyes thank you so much
Thanks for the video, I have the exact same mower so I will be able to have everything I need for when I start the build. Do you have any recommendations for any modifications to help keep it stable at higher speeds? I was thinking maybe offsetting the wheels and lowering it would help wonders.
Anything you can do to get slop out of the steering will help. And yes, lowering the center of gravity will make it less likely to flip.
Another thing to check- take off your steering wheel and the cover that goes to the dash. You'll see a bolt that goes through the shaft. The hole gets egged out over time. Mine was real sloppy. Drill out the holes to the next size bolt. Made a big difference on mine.
If i would re-do mine i would drop the ride hight, cut slots out of the chassis and mount the differential higher. And make the wheel base longer, like mounting the whole front rack in front of the mower like a long dragster.
Did it work?
@@ravenbuilds2.02 Yeah it works great, no issues at all. Mine goes 30 with a 5” front pulley and a 3” rear with 20” tires. I went for a mud/race mower, I can do both and it was such a fun build.
If you want to build one and have any questions I can help you out, I’ve built over 6 race/mud mowers now.
I didn’t know how badly I needed this extra project, thank you
My journeyman has been helping me come up with a design to build my own racing mower and I’m definitely gonna take a lot of inspiration from this. I’m just lucky my journeyman also has a welding ticket so hes gonna teach me to weld and help me lower the frame. Best job I’ve ever had😎
so concise, well edited
There needs to be a LOVE button for this video.
Great job. Thank you. My grandson will love it ,
Great video! Needed a way to install a clutch for my old mower, originally had a clutch plate, put the transaxle broke, put a diff Transaxle in and now I can put a cvt on instead of all pulley clutch stuff. Thank you! Saved me a bunch of time
Drill the carb jets, better exhaust and air filter will get you a few hp too. Then rip that governor off
Absolutely not, people like you are the reason stuff typically never runs
@ done it before 🤡 everything on this damn farm runs too btw and I bet you don’t even have a drill bit set for it
Best mower video I have ever seen. Amazing work! Thanks for posting the links I am going to have to try something similar.
Heres a few extra tips
1. Lower the mower closer to the ground. That way your center of gravity is lower and you wont have to worry as much about flipping
2. You can change the wheel size in the back of the mower so you can achieve higher or lower speeds.
3. Be very careful about how fast you spin that engine. You can lose the flywheel, connecting rod or the torque converter because non of those parts are meant to spin over 3000rpm. (Give or take a bit) I had my torque converter blow on my go kart cause I was turning it like 5500 RPM. Just be safe and have fun, other than that awesomd video
Great tips!!
5500 rpm coming out of a go-cart is just pure insanity
seriously, 5500 is impressive
@@DerpleDude well do keep in mind I had a flywheel and connecting rod that were billet aluminium and they are rated for up to about 8000 rpm. The torque converter is not, so when you run a high rpm engine like that you have to have like a multi plate clutch or like a juggernaut TC thats actually rated for those rpms. You just need to put an aluminium flywheel and connecting rod in an engine like that if your gonna turn those RPMs. Please please please do not remove the governor until you put those parts in because if the cast iron flywheel comes apart I promise it will rip and tear through whatever it hits. Ive seen guys on mini bikes have to have their leg amputated because the flywheel shattered and shrapnel tore apart their leg. And everyone thinks it wont happen to them, until it does. Seriously $200-$300 is not that much compared to the hospital bills youll have to get your leg, back or whatever other body part fixed.
All I’d say with lowering it is you’d have to watch the brackets.
You could flip the gearbox round and lower it that way and then just put the pulleys in a different position
I didn't know I needed this until now. Looks like a fun beer run vehicle
Awesome video, straight to the point, great quality
Awesome short and detailed clip, thanks from New Zealand
Dont forget to check if your steering arms bent. I bought a tractor recently with sloppy steering
I have never ever in my life clicked on a video that fast
Great simple guide. Definitely on my bucket list to build someday
OK I never thought to use a torque converter on a vertical shaft motor for some reason. That's an awesome setup!!
I would like for you to post a video of how you ratcheting it up and down
I just tied two ratchet straps from the front of the frame to the ceiling of my shop and ratcheted it up
Best mower upgrades video ever. Thanks. I just got the mower fever and I got me two and got them running good. But I can't wait to do what you did.
the title alone earned my like
When he first took off and that that wheelie 😂😂
This is amazing, now I can be "The Water Boy" and go down the road going 30 mph. Only certain people will now what I am talking about😂.
Can't wait for some grass roots lawn mower raceing
In South Dakota there are a few towns that have mower racing tracks, small dirt ovals. i think there are 3 different classes. the fastest ones are called Outlaw, they are 100% modified and are basically go carts that use a lawnmower hood lol. i think none of them use the original transaxle and instead use some sort of farm equipment gear box, now that i think about it idk how they connect the engine to the gearbox lol. They use single cylinder mower engines, and i think all add their own performance carb
Oh yeah I have seen those. Hardly a mower at all. They put horizontal shaft engines and chain drive solid axles. Differentials are slower on dirt track racing.
The face you made after the wheelie got me
honestly the best “useful” video ive ever seen in my life
quick and straight to the point i love it
What a terrible abuse of a perfectly good mower. I LOVE it! 🤣👌🎖
This is the first time i learn about growing pulley
Yeah, to learn more, research CVT transmissions.
Best one I've seen yet
Good video. Using the cvt was a great idea!
Absolutely great videol Concise and enjoyable.... and you put the dang parts in the description... perfect!
This is my new favourite video once I seen the wheelie! Thanks for a great video!
Hey that is a fabulous idea super impressive! however your engine pulley needs to be flipped the other way cause the way it’s set up now it causes the cvt belt to ride crooked when at full speed. So you may be able to eliminate the spacer you had to make for the engine clutch pulley
I see what you mean that by flipping the driver Pulley I could eliminate the spacer. But since the driver and driven pulleys are lined up exactly, can you explain why the belt would ride crooked?
@@HowToLou it rides crooked at full throttle because when the belt moves across the engine pulley moves up towards the engine since the belt follows the solid sides angle of the v pulley and the same happens on the driven pulley it moves down because its riding the solid ramp of the pulley down towards the ground as it speeds up. Only one v half moves side to side on each pulley so the belt follows the solid side. So you want the solid sides to be opposite of each other so that the both ends of the belt travels in the same direction across the pulley faces. I hope this makes sense. Have a good day! I just want to make sure you’re not going to go through belts left and right cause they ain’t cheap. I’ve worked with this style of torque converter quite a bit.
Wow, that is really a subtle factor I never would have realized, but I do see your point. You are saying even though both sides of the pulley are sloped, the belt favors the solid side over the mobile side. Interesting that the installation instructions always show the solid sides facing the same way. They don’t mind selling you more belts, I guess.
@@HowToLou the reason why the go kart one you showed is set up to have both bigger sides of the clutch out is because the solid sides are flat and therefore the belt stays in the same line across the face as it moves. Also click the link to see the comet brochure on setup. they are only opposite on the symmetrical drive setup which is what your mower has. The setup on your go kart is a asymmetrical system. Bmi karts has a lot of how to’s to look up on their page. Have fun!
This is a super fun, motivating video!
Hello from Denmark
Very cool video, thanks...
that was so cool. great video, great editing, and great ingenuity.
Time to take Grandma's mower and have some fun.
This is going to get me hurt and I'm excited about it
Pretty cool death trap!
This was a brilliant video mate, thank you 👏🏻
Lmao the look on your face when you pulled the wheelie. Sweet project, wish I had the property to rip around on
Wow you’re extremely smart great video
I have this exact mower very cool
Man I'm glad I clicked on this
I wish we had YT or something like this information back in the 90s. we had 2 mowers doing nothing in a barn on our land and I wanted a gokart so bad as a kid.
My yerf dog 3203 go cart used the same comet 30 Series torque converter and driven pulley
Almost. The racing mower uses the 40 series, designed for anything over 8hp. The 3203 (i have one too) uses the 30 series, designed for anything under 8hp. Otherwise, they are the same.
I use a 30 on this minibike upgrade. Make Your Minibike Faster - Torque Converter ua-cam.com/video/GScvHAnYWZQ/v-deo.html
i got 3 mowers i got off my scrap dude none of them run thanks for the info on what can be done with em
i like that it whines a bit when you accelerate
gives it that turbo feel lol
Nice your videos are very good at straight to the point and very easy to replicate. Thanks!
I have a very different idea of what 'easy' means. Well I can't do this, but it IS awesome! LIKED!
Good job on the video
I love this, i wanna make it so bad
I’ve always wanted to do a racing mower, I definitely like the mud mowers though lol throw some good beefy tires on the back and pulley swap and a little bigger tires up front good to rip! And I live in Oklahoma so ppl always just throwing mowers away or putting them at end of driveway for someone to pick up! Cheap easy fun!!
Exactly! Everyone wants ZTR mowers and they are kickin the old lawn tractor’s to the curb. That’s 20hp and some nice wheels waitin to be a toy!!
Really well-done video. May have to do this with my v-twin Briggs one of these years.
Wow. Thank you for a simple and efficient video!
Doesn't get any better than this 👍
Thanks man, great video
You're definitely thrill seeking now Lou! Might I suggest a helmet for those high speed passes down the asphalt road?
We have a STRICT “Safety Third” policy here at H2L!!.... yeah wife said that too 👀
I though It was gonna be a crappy how to video But damn I actually learned a lot and I want to do this now
Thanks. I have 350 other How To videos at HowToLou.com.
I wanna do this so bad😂😂😂 I use to love doing this as a kid with one of my old step dads didn’t work on them he wasn’t that cool obviously easy work belts n what not but memories are awesome you should build these sell em don’t know what the market looks like though probably not the most buyers
Thank you for what you do. Great video
yoo that’s actually really sick 😳 danm
Thank you for the video. God Bless..
When you were inside the transaxle you should of welded that bad boy solid I just did more mods over the weekend on my lt1000 I have a fix mounted seat, battery under the hood, dirtbike carb with a gas peddle, catch can for the breather, 41/2” up front and 3” rear pulley, stock clutch and it holds the power still. I have to use my heal to give it some tension if I’m doing a speed run 😂 but it works for now. Welded spiders and 20” holeshot clone tires I got at the junk yard with 80% tread still. MSD spark plug cap and a 4 point racing spark plug like they use in race carts. My mower does 30mph oh and I put a cast iron front axle on it. All in all since I did the fixed mounted seat and axle in the front and added more washers to really tighten the slop up they front wheels had it drives incredible for not having a full custom steering setup. I really like this CVT and what I think I might do next
*AWESOME Build!*
By the time this man build a whole race mower other youtubers wouldnt have finished their intro😂
That’s fun looking 👍
Woah, a CVT. Fancy indeed
Make a wheelie bar next. Years ago when friends and I did this we used roller blade wheels for the wheelie bar.
Loved it. Great video. Although I won't end up with the recourses to do it myself
Hell yeah brother!
Love this video! Thank you!
my guy took off with a wheelie thats how u know u done it right
XD
Great video!
Really cool! Although our interpretation of "easy" is s little different :P
Lol. I get that a lot 👀. You and Tube can do Anything!!
Now if you could keep the mowing deck, you could mow 5 acres in no time! Lol!
Damn dude.. it’s people like you that make me build silly stuff.. Now I’ve gotta build one. My Craftsman has a 27hp motor so this should be interesting. More power for more fun. Arrrrrrr!!!
Great video. Just picked up an old John Deere going to do this exact build. Thanks. Hoping I have the same clearance for the drive pulley shaft. Anything else you can tell me that you came across after would be great. Also how long is the 5/8” shaft? Thanks again.
Having FUN!
I built one on the same LTH frame. Except mine has a 25hp Kohler twin with no transmission. All hydraulic. 5 hydro pumps with one wheel motor. One pump is controlled with a control arm like a zero turn for forward and low speed reverse. Then the other 4 are turned on or off with little electric clutches. Lot of weight in hydraulics. But I took the muffler off to compensate.
Sounds like an awesome build. Are all your pumps in parallel to the hydraulic drive motor?
@@HowToLou yes, all parallel. I'm using Hydro gear BDP pumps. I had to make special hydraulic manifolds to connect 6 high pressure hoses. By simply increasing fluid flow through the wheel motor it goes faster. All the hydraulics are mounted to a removable plate that bolts to the tractor with 12 bolts after removing the transmission. Then it sticks out the back of the tractor more than a foot, the wheel motor is back there and chain drives the axle mounted to the hydraulic panel all the way at the rear. My engine governor is all left factory and a pedal on the left controls engine speed. Right pedal controls transmission 1. Then a plate on the steering wheel has 4 switches for the 4 pumps so I can upshift or downshift without taking my hands off the wheel. A 18" wire harness makes a usable "clockspring" for now.
That’s an awesome build! For lack of a better word: DLightful! I love “taking over the top” and making something really unique, and you certainly did that! Here is my crazy build.
Building a Real-Life Mario Kart
ua-cam.com/video/HDaAMGNN2gQ/v-deo.html
this is AWESOME!!!!!!!
Awesome fun project i did it with a 16hp v-twin and also made it straight piped it was awesome and sounded like a harley. BUT the problem is braking. it would NOT stop on the original little differentiel brake. u need a disc brake from an atv or something on it.
Ultimate cheap way to make it fast without buying anything is turn the pulleys around and delete the governor. now go break a leg