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Tires / Re: stock front rims
« on: July 19, 2015, 01:22:48 pm »
yes do make sure to reinforce the rim, i just had the center break out on one laast weekend......it was quite the ride on a broken rim!
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Most Peerless transaxles and transmissions we racers run use 5/16"-diameter shift-detent balls. The Peerless 855- and 860-Series transaxles use 3/8"-diameter shift-detent balls, but these are horizontal-input transaxles (some just F-N-R, mostly 2-speeds, some 3-speeds) used on commercial, industrial and ATV-style equipment, so we aren't likely to see them on racing mowers.
Every Peerless transmission and transaxle has a detent ball, spring and setscrew. That is the first thing I remove from the transaxle before even removing the case bolts.
1. Unscrew and remove the detent setscrew from the detent tower on top of the case.
2. Using a small pick-style tool or magnet tool, remove the spring.
3. Using a magnet tool (I have a magnet on the end of my scribe), try to remove the ball from the bottom of the hole. If the grease is holding it in place and preventing its removal, leave the magnet tool in the hole, then clip a spring-loaded clothespin around the magnet tool just above the detent tower.
4. Remove the case bolts and carefully separate the case halves.
5. Turning the cover over and holding it upside-down, remove the clothespin, push the magnet tool into the case, then remove the ball.
By the way, it's the older-style MST 200s that have the two bolts from the bottom holding the center of the cases together. As of last year (2012), the MST 200s were redesigned to have all top-accessible bolts.