Quote Originally Posted by Frank S View Post
I've encountered many things that I feel would a should could a been done better when designed.
my most recent one was an adjusting nut in the final drive of a trenching plow. the nut was installed then a pair of locking dowel holes drilled between the 9" diameter 18TPI nut and the housing then they drove in hardened dowels into the blind holes. in the service manual the instructions read drill a series of holes .625" deep. careful not to drill into housing then use a chisel to break the nut in half.
WHAT" how stupid is that why not thread the dowel holes and tap them for 3/8 24 and use fine thread flat point grub screws? even if you locktighted them in with blue you could still remove them to replace the seal or the bearing without having to risk damaging the housing or buy a new $400.00 nut.
The $50.00 seal wound up costing the additional; $400.00 plus an extra 2 hours labor for nothing.
They don't want you working on your own equipment. John Deere is notorious for that, among others. They say you're not allowed to work on your own equipment. They think that somehow it violates their copyright on the intellectual property involved in making that equipment.