Big Sale Has Started - UPDATED 07-31-25 (01 Apr 2025)
As some of you know my dad passed away 2 months ago today, on May 31, 2025. I posted it in the Members Only section when it happened. Thanks to all of you who have offered kind words on the forum, with phone calls, and visits in person during this time.
The Big Sale is on but not like originally planned, it is a by appointment type of thing now. I don't have the manpower, or the desire to do a big event like originally planned, I just need to sell a lot of parts that are taking up too much space here. I have been told and believe we are overloaded with Wheel Horse parts like no one has ever seen. Peeps have already been coming in from different parts of the country and buying a lot of stuff due to seeing the sale page, and seeing we are the only Wheel Horse only business in the USA that does things on the scale we do. The sale will continue for awhile until I free up some more space but you may not want to wait too long as things are being sold every day and there are limits to how many of certain parts will be sold.
As it says on the page it is still under construction and the page isn't finished yet. I've had a ton of calls for parts and the Big Sale Page may help answer some questions about what is here before peeps call. I hope that page is also clear that we DO NOT SHIP anything... This is a by appointment type of thing now. Be sure to call before you come to make sure the day isn't already full with peeps scheduled to come in, and make sure what you want is still available.
Project Trisickle, maybe...
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First pic is the prob area from yesterday, the bearing bracket wouldn't go up quite far enough. The 2 bolts that hold the bearing plate in are just to keep it from coming off if you pop a wheelie lol, the factory axle brackets really do all the work for the weight load and shear force from side to side. That part is all fixed, more in the morn.
I went on and stripped it down to the frame today to make it easier to work on because of something I found today. Of all the tractors to do this on I had to pick one with a cluster on the steering shaft... One of the many roll pins was hitting the battery box then going up into it, wouldn't take long to put a hole in the battery and made it awfully hard to steer. I just knocked it back some and put it back in for now...
More in the morn, now it's suppertime.
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I also made an extra one without the hole to tack weld on the jig so it was put on right every time. Things happen and things can get put together wrong when it gets wild around here lol.
Now the main jig setup is done and will make sure every part is correct and assembled correctly every time. Where is my easy button lol.
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It's a really tight fit in there and clearances are tight but I wouldn't change the design for anything. I hate cutting up too much of the tractor and making big messes or complicated jobs out of something when more time can be spent on the design to make it easier to do while keeping the tractor as factory as possible.
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There was a little welding done on the cast iron clutch arm so I brought up a diagram and went to the back and got a NOS one. There was an extra hole in the piece they put on there, and I guess I'll drill out the new one for a bigger roll pin like they did, which isn't a bad idea, the factory one was kinda small.
I'm gonna try to finish the disassembly and get everything out that needs to be replaced to put it back together today, and get it all ready to take out to steam clean what needs to be cleaned tomorrow. It's supposed to be 60 degrees tomorrow and will be a good day to get the steamer out.
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GT 14 wrote: Trike works limited LLC.
Yea, like I need more to do.
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Did a little more disassembly today, a little fixing, a little prep, and a little blasting. You never know what you find in some of these or why, like that 1/2" piece of steel in the tower, or the home made bolt turned into a set screw lol.
A lot of distractions today but still a pretty good day of work on it. Everything that is getting steam cleaned tomorrow minus the rear end is on a cart and ready to go, and the parts blasted so far are in really nice shape without and deep rust pits. This one should turn out really nice.
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Did a little fixing this morning on the starter solenoid, it was crooked and just had self cutting screws in it so it got straightened up and nuts welded to the inside, the belt guard needs a little work as well. Steam cleaning is done on all the tractor parts, some of the building, and the Wheel Horse sign of course lol. :smile2
Everything is put back up, parts are dried out, back in the shop and ready to be checked, blasted, and fixed if need be. Things should move right along now.
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GT 14 wrote: It was 48 here and I washed the car.
That's pretty good for way up where you are.
After my morning Chiropractor visit for this week it was frame time. One thing I didn't mention but a few of you figured I'm sure is with the front out a little the rear was gonna be a lot worse. The rear was in a full 1/4" from the front, it was 6" in between the rails and supposed to be 6 1/4" but not a big problem for a 10 ton porta-power... The way it was bent this didn't happen after the tractor was sold, someone pulled it in when it was built to weld the rear bracket and put a lot of stress on it from the beginning.
Anyway, it is straight now, and the stress is off of it. You can tell from the cracks having a small gap in them and didn't close back up. Now I can fix the cracks and the frame will be ready.
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