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Steve Sawyer
New member
Username: Liveclean
Post Number: 1
Registered: 12-2008
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, December 21, 2008 - 06:04 am: | 
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Guys,
I have a Argo 2007 response and have had alot of problems with shifting lever pins breaking. I have not been rough on it. Now the shifter has got alot of play in it. Could the shifting linkage be going? I have had to grind it more than I want to, to get it in gear.
Also, any suggestions for a small boost for a kohler 18 hp. It has been bogging on me when running tracks in heavy cattail marshes. Is there anything simple I can do to get the most out of the 18 hp. |
Erich Kelter
Intermediate Member
Username: Fisherman
Post Number: 97
Registered: 11-2005
Rating: N/A
Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, December 21, 2008 - 11:10 am: |
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First guess is that the idle RPM is a bit too high, when in neutral, the transmission/belt should not be turning. So far I've never broken a roll pin on the shift linkage, I find it helps to lift up a bit on the shifter knob. |
Ed Pedro
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Username: Rosed
Post Number: 25
Registered: 02-2005
Rating: N/A
Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, January 15, 2009 - 09:42 pm: |
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my 05 conquest is the same, but if you shift from neutral to rev first, and then to forward, there is no grinding. |
Ed Pedro
Member
Username: Rosed
Post Number: 26
Registered: 02-2005
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, January 15, 2009 - 09:45 pm: |
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as for the pins, I broke the first set the first month I had the argo, after replacing them (with roll pins again) i've never broken one since. |
Kenneth Schroeder
Junior Member
Username: Ken_glen2
Post Number: 12
Registered: 11-2007
Rating: N/A
Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, January 22, 2009 - 07:10 am: |
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Hi geargrinders the argo people love it.They sell a lot off parts.What i did was put a small brake shoe on the driven clutch.I can idle my motor up alittle and shift wihtout any problem. Kgs. |
Erich Kelter
Advanced Member
Username: Fisherman
Post Number: 108
Registered: 11-2005
Rating: N/A
Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, January 22, 2009 - 07:25 am: |
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Kenneth; you have any pictures of how and exactly where you mounted the clutch brake, thanks. |
Kenneth Schroeder
Junior Member
Username: Ken_glen2
Post Number: 13
Registered: 11-2007
Rating: N/A
Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, January 23, 2009 - 12:03 pm: |
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Hi Erich. I have a older machine so i mounted the brake on the firewall so it has abit of play to change the belt. I used a long bolt through the firewall. the weigth of handle keeps it away from the driven clutch. I have some pics Kgs. |
Kenneth Schroeder
Junior Member
Username: Ken_glen2
Post Number: 14
Registered: 11-2007
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, January 23, 2009 - 12:07 pm: |
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second pic |
Erich Kelter
Advanced Member
Username: Fisherman
Post Number: 109
Registered: 11-2005
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, January 24, 2009 - 10:14 am: |
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Thanks Kenneth: So in laymans terms, it's something like the old soapbox brake, a little handle operated brake that pushes down on the outside edge of the secondary clutch, looks good, keeps ya brushing the teeth in the tranny. |
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