Wifey Deere

Two more and I’m done for now, hope you like em

It's looking killer! Keep up the good work!

Heck ya! lookin good !! keep the updates coming !

Thanks guys, I went down to dads and did some machining I been putting off for a bit, since the front axle is wider I needed a wider tie rod and I had these trx90 tie rods and ends kicking around so I decided to use them that way I have a tight and a left so I can adjust the rod without unbolting it cut the tierod down to a 2 inch stub then drilled out the rod so they barely slip in.  Decided to get fancy and add some wrench flats to make adjusting it easier

Cutting the flats



Checking fitment of a 5/8 wrench



After a little deburr session

Overall view before the flats


Close up, ended up pulling them back out and drilling for plug welds also just for some extra security



Last but not least, made some 1 inch to 3/4 adapters for the front spindles, so I can run 1 inch wheels on my 3/4 axle. Still need to make the stops and big heavy washer to bolt the wheels on but I didnt find any 1.5 stock at dads and I had some at my house but it was too late to go back and grab it

Such a pro job.  Very nice fabrication.

Thanks Mighty!

wish i had access to some machining tools i could do some great things ! and maybe a plasma cutter and cnc whooo doggies the things i could do !! and the metal i could waste lol.

Been hard at in the garage big update for here I’ll try to get up as I get time today. Diddie yes having good tools makes a world of difference, I’ve been using my grandpas lathe and mill most my life but actually bought my own last year, just working on getting the building for them done so I can set em up. It’s been a life goal for awhile to own my own and I only have about 2200$ in the pair. I know people who spend that at the bar in a years time easy. Next tool I’m planing on buying is a concrete plasma setup like what grind hard uses but that will take me a couple years of saving to do.
Been working on getting full steering out of this, this was the first round which went good till I realized the Ackerman angles was wrong

So back to the drawing board, used this aluminum square tube to help line up for proper Ackerman


Then used CAD (cardboard aided design 🤪) to help mock up the shape of the new arms



Then made em in metal

Onto the brakes! The gokart band brake setup didn’t transfer over to the 820 well, mounting holes didn’t line up, (doh!)


But I made these brackets bolt on the back side so it all worked out



The last time the brake linkage wasn’t adjustable which was a pain so I decided this go around the would be, so built this offset thing which will make sense here soon

Test fit looks good



Overall view of the brake setup



Checking for clearance for the wrench, I’m bad about forgetting that you need a wrench of a socket to clear not just the bolt head , but this tim I remembered

After a little shaping it looks like this


Next onto this, but what is it?



After playing around with the length got the shifter arm welded on the 820 shifter so that I can get in all the gears and they line up proper with the numbers on the shift gate.

Problem was there was more flex in the shifting assembly than I like, so that’s where the cube from last post comes in



I welded the cube on the old trans mount and used it to build a removable upper support for the arm, I didn’t get a picture but I made a steel bushing that bolts in the hole and the shifter arm pivots on it and greatly tighten the shifting up

Since I lifted this tractor 1.25 inches I needed to move the pulley up the same amount, so I cut the center out of the 820 factory pulley and welded it to the factory John Deere rear pulley with a 1/4 inch spacer to get the right height so I didn’t have to change the clutch mechanism

Just let me know in advance if your doing a build off because I can't keep up with this mechanic porn.

nice heavy duty set up on the brake and shifter both.

Thanks fellas glad you like it! I’ll hopefully be entering the build off next year if they have it again:) hope to get the front axle geometry dialed tomorrow

Nice work man! You're making good progress!

In case you didn't realize you can in fact attach more than 3 photos per post, what you do is "remove all" after you've  "inserted all" then add more, it's that's easy!

Keep up the great work!

Thanks man I didn’t know that! But honestly I’ll prolly keep doing 3 I have trouble remembering what order I upload them in even with 3 and have to redo my captions sometimes as is . I Have ADHD and my short term memory is trash

I added some bracing to the front axle today that will double as a handy tie down point also if need be

Excellente!  The work on this rig is amazing!

Thanks mighty! I really appreciate it! Got some more work done, used the die you see in the back round to build these cups, I’ll explain the purpose later in another post



And welded on the frame, welding gods was smiling on me for this



Little nut hidden on the backside, normally I bolt through the frame but there was stuff in the way where these needed to go.