Mustang 1700 Reset

[jonesallu]

Thanks for all your help Al, I set that valve to 50lbs using air on the bench and it cracked open at 50 but did have a little blow by. My last highest pressure reading on machine was 29lbs. I decided to tighten the valve my exactly 1/2 turn. To my delight, the pressure is now a strong 45lbs and the machine now can spin the tires when pushing into a pile. Wow, this nightmare is over and can take on maybe putting a new paint job on this thing. P.s. the right rear rim is stuck on. I put new tires and rims on last year and think the center part of the rim is to tight to the hub protruding out. I tried doing a bunch of turns with lugs loose with no joy. I think heat might help but don't want to mess up factory paint on new rims. But that's for another day. Thanks again. Steve

Steve,

You're welcome. I'm glad this helped. I hope others take the time to post their battles and triumphs. The intent is to save someone down the road from unnecessarily using time flying blind... instead of spinning their skid steer tires. (Sorry, dry engineer humor) Regarding heat: I'm sure you're aware of the axle seals. If they are original, they are on the edge of survival. Speaking from experience, changing an axle seal is a chore. Fronts are easier than the rears.

Have you posted pics of your machine in another thread? I'd sure like to see it.

Al Jones

 

[shankatank58]

Thanks for all your help Al, I set that valve to 50lbs using air on the bench and it cracked open at 50 but did have a little blow by. My last highest pressure reading on machine was 29lbs. I decided to tighten the valve my exactly 1/2 turn. To my delight, the pressure is now a strong 45lbs and the machine now can spin the tires when pushing into a pile. Wow, this nightmare is over and can take on maybe putting a new paint job on this thing. P.s. the right rear rim is stuck on. I put new tires and rims on last year and think the center part of the rim is to tight to the hub protruding out. I tried doing a bunch of turns with lugs loose with no joy. I think heat might help but don't want to mess up factory paint on new rims. But that's for another day. Thanks again. Steve

Jack it up; loosen or remove lug nuts then whack the tire with a sledge hammer. Works more often then not. Sometimes you've really have to lay into it and yeah; have a good grip on the hammer.