From 515f04a8b9254a94d132f772d7f37bce4436468b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Thad Hughes (XP9900)" Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2025 11:13:28 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Last Sync: 2025-10-10 11:13 (Mobile) --- .obsidian/workspace-mobile.json | 6 ++-- stockcropper/Notes from assembly 13SEP2025.md | 33 +++++++------------ 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-) diff --git a/.obsidian/workspace-mobile.json b/.obsidian/workspace-mobile.json index fb42f14..1356098 100644 --- a/.obsidian/workspace-mobile.json +++ b/.obsidian/workspace-mobile.json @@ -27,12 +27,12 @@ "state": { "type": "markdown", "state": { - "file": "stockcropper/Notes from assembly 13SEP2025.md", + "file": "stockcropper/SC-PUNCHLIST.md", "mode": "source", "source": false }, "icon": "lucide-file", - "title": "Notes from assembly 13SEP2025" + "title": "SC-PUNCHLIST" } } ], @@ -167,8 +167,8 @@ }, "active": "0b023202c927812b", "lastOpenFiles": [ - "stockcropper/SC-PUNCHLIST.md", "stockcropper/Notes from assembly 13SEP2025.md", + "stockcropper/SC-PUNCHLIST.md", "10Oct2025.md", "Shop Rate.md", "09Oct2025.md", diff --git a/stockcropper/Notes from assembly 13SEP2025.md b/stockcropper/Notes from assembly 13SEP2025.md index 16c93c9..3a401db 100644 --- a/stockcropper/Notes from assembly 13SEP2025.md +++ b/stockcropper/Notes from assembly 13SEP2025.md @@ -1,22 +1,11 @@ -• -Jack nut pressed in really tight. Loosen this a bit if at all possible. It made the threads jam up. I re-tapped the threads after pressing it in. It didn’t press in all the way (about 1/16” didn’t go in) but the flange also wasn’t quite to spec so this is a good representation. -• -Everything went on the axle tighter than desired. Maybe this should be undersized. -• -The main axle is too long for the pins to latch over. I think it was fabricated wrong… double check this. We just elongated the clips on the pins for now. -• -I sanded out the bores for the main axle bushings. This didn’t take long. This is probably the right thing to do - don’t even change the nominal hole size, just sand to a nice tight slip fit. -• -The main tube would go on easier if it just bottomed out against the bushing. Just do it. Or slot the sheetmetal. Do something so this is easy. -• -Maybe you should make the towbar telescope! -• -The drive motor purchased had M8 threads. It also didn’t need the spacers (spacing was perfect already!). It just needed the shaft cut down. Verify what you’re working with. -• -Need to chase / retap the M12x1 nuts after welding (and prior to painting). -• -You didn’t order or make the steering handle. Robbed part from THF. It’s not the right thickness though. -• -Enlarge the sheetmetal holes for the steering bronze bushings. Radial positioning of these bushings is irrelevant. No need to have press-fits on an obnoxious weldment. -• -the lift motor is sloppy. If you tighten it it's much better but still kinda sloppy. Remember this is tapped into a .09" thick wall tube... So tightening scares me a bit \ No newline at end of file +• Jack nut pressed in really tight. Loosen this a bit if at all possible. It made the threads jam up. I re-tapped the threads after pressing it in. It didn’t press in all the way (about 1/16” didn’t go in) but the flange also wasn’t quite to spec so this is a good representation. +• Everything went on the axle tighter than desired. Maybe this should be undersized. +• The main axle is too long for the pins to latch over. I think it was fabricated wrong… double check this. We just elongated the clips on the pins for now. +• I sanded out the bores for the main axle bushings. This didn’t take long. This is probably the right thing to do - don’t even change the nominal hole size, just sand to a nice tight slip fit. +• The main tube would go on easier if it just bottomed out against the bushing. Just do it. Or slot the sheetmetal. Do something so this is easy. +• Maybe you should make the towbar telescope! +• The drive motor purchased had M8 threads. It also didn’t need the spacers (spacing was perfect already!). It just needed the shaft cut down. Verify what you’re working with. +• Need to chase / retap the M12x1 nuts after welding (and prior to painting). +• You didn’t order or make the steering handle. Robbed part from THF. It’s not the right thickness though. +• Enlarge the sheetmetal holes for the steering bronze bushings. Radial positioning of these bushings is irrelevant. No need to have press-fits on an obnoxious weldment. +• The lift motor is sloppy. If you tighten it it's much better but still kinda sloppy. Remember this is tapped into a .09" thick wall tube... So tightening scares me a bit \ No newline at end of file