Zee
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Kabluey said:
Is it just an optical illusion that the pump is crooked? It kinda looks like the belt is short or too tight and pulling down on the pump...
Photo's of my new (OLD) TM
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Is it just an optical illusion that the pump is crooked? It kinda looks like the belt is short or too tight and pulling down on the pump...
Desk Jockey
Member
Bob that's awful............funny!
Andy don't let anyone bother you, it's guys being guys. It could be a brand new truck and brand new unit, it does stop anyone from joking, it just makes them look harder. LOL
Great move, you'll be amazed at how much faster and easier it is to clean the dirty ones now! Good luck! 8)
Padden McFadden
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Don Becker,
I find it odd that you took the time to do the research to find out the city and street I live on. I find it odd, that you post the street I live on for all to see, (not that I'm hiding), just wondering why your so interested with were I live and what my back ground is? Maybe you grew up here and are trying to see if we know each other or know someone in common? That would be understandable, Just saying it would be nice to know where your coming from, what your intentions are before I give you my background info.. do you want to know where I was born, my mothers maiden name,etc. ???
Now don't read me wrong, I checked out your company on line, I like your web site, and you seem like a nice family man.wouldn't mind getting to know you better. Just wondering where your coming from with the interest in my background.
BTW Doc, I have to admit that was kinda funny
I find it odd that you took the time to do the research to find out the city and street I live on. I find it odd, that you post the street I live on for all to see, (not that I'm hiding), just wondering why your so interested with were I live and what my back ground is? Maybe you grew up here and are trying to see if we know each other or know someone in common? That would be understandable, Just saying it would be nice to know where your coming from, what your intentions are before I give you my background info.. do you want to know where I was born, my mothers maiden name,etc. ???
Now don't read me wrong, I checked out your company on line, I like your web site, and you seem like a nice family man.wouldn't mind getting to know you better. Just wondering where your coming from with the interest in my background.
BTW Doc, I have to admit that was kinda funny
Desk Jockey
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Andy
Funnier for me because I'm old enough to have owned the Earth Wind & Fire 8-track tape, and I did.
It's all about steps, you use this machine for a couple of years and it makes you enough to up grade to another. (keep this one as a backup)
Eventually you buy a new one and realize, while shiny and new, they all just squirt and suck and you're no better off machine wise than when you bought the first HM (this unit). :mrgreen:
Funnier for me because I'm old enough to have owned the Earth Wind & Fire 8-track tape, and I did.
It's all about steps, you use this machine for a couple of years and it makes you enough to up grade to another. (keep this one as a backup)
Eventually you buy a new one and realize, while shiny and new, they all just squirt and suck and you're no better off machine wise than when you bought the first HM (this unit). :mrgreen:
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Padden McFadden
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AmazingDB said:
If you check my profile you'll see I've been a member here longer than you,
I grew up in Kennewick , and my family (the McFaddens) have been in the area since the 30's or 40's. Have lots of uncles, aunts, and cousins in the Tri cities, chances are we know someone in common. If you ever come here to visit your friends , let me know and I'll buy lunch. Or give me a call sometime just to talk we might find out we know each other?
Have a good weekend!If you check my profile you'll see I've been a member here longer than you,
Profiles lie!
I've been a member here since the start.
ICS, Cleanfax, CCS etc since about 1995 give or take. And a few defunk boards along the way. Vortex board even.
Weekly AOL carpet cleaning chat room before that.
I guess instead of saying welcoming you, I should have said just giving you a hard time.
I make my way that way often in the fall and winter for Duck and Goose hunting.
Lots of good hunting and fishing around the tri cities!
N
neapolitan
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I had a truckmount like that one and I was very happy with it. Just keep some couplers on the truck to change out in the middle of a job when it rips apart. My old truckmount was great on gas.
rhino1
Member
neapolitan said:
I kept having coupler problems, they would shred when the van got too hot inside. I put a vent in the roof and bought the orange (stronger, harder) coupler. Haven't shredded it for a month, keeping my fingers crossed.
K
Kabluey
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rhino1 said:
I had my coupler shred once. You gotta make sure the tightening screws are inside the coupler. I talked to HM about the issue and for $12 I had a metal stopper put in the bacl of my coupler facing the blower. Works great havent had issues since then.
Lee Stockwell
FOJL
Given the very visible misalignment of the pump pulleys I'm sure the engine to blower alignment is off too.
A short piece of angle iron about 6-12" long laid across the coupler halves at the 9 o'clock and 12 o'clock positions will identify which axis is off.
After the couplers are perfectly aligned the cup spacing must be tight enough to allow just a bit (under 1/8") of float in the doughnut. It should then last for years. Flip the donut after a year or so if you care to maximize service life.
We've had them last 4 or more years when aligned right.
Thanks,
Lee
A short piece of angle iron about 6-12" long laid across the coupler halves at the 9 o'clock and 12 o'clock positions will identify which axis is off.
After the couplers are perfectly aligned the cup spacing must be tight enough to allow just a bit (under 1/8") of float in the doughnut. It should then last for years. Flip the donut after a year or so if you care to maximize service life.
We've had them last 4 or more years when aligned right.
Thanks,
Lee
KevinD
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Lee Stockwell said:
Hard to tell from the fuzzy photo if the pump is out of alignment, but the pump alignment has nothing to do with the coupler alignment.
On those units the engine is aligned with the blower, then the pump is aligned with the pulley on the blower.
K
Kabluey
Guest
The pump is aligned with the blower. I took it into Jon Don to have the pump oil drain line replaced a couple of weeks ago.
Lee Stockwell
FOJL
Yes I know the pump is driven off the blower and has little direct connection to the coupler problem. It's just a matter of maintenance patterns..."if A is true, B may be true also".
We had several new machines that had that issue. We had to adjust motor height and yaw (tilt) to get it perfect. I also added a pulley to the motor shaft to drive the pump, so that we could take that 3-5hp load off the coupler.
We had several new machines that had that issue. We had to adjust motor height and yaw (tilt) to get it perfect. I also added a pulley to the motor shaft to drive the pump, so that we could take that 3-5hp load off the coupler.
KevinD
Member
Lee Stockwell said:
When Hydramaster was using the Dodge PX70 couplers on earlier models they always drove the pump from the engine side. Don't know why they changed.
