{"id":1050,"date":"2009-11-19T13:37:53","date_gmt":"2009-11-19T18:37:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cubcadetman.com\/cc\/?p=1050"},"modified":"2014-03-15T11:25:17","modified_gmt":"2014-03-15T15:25:17","slug":"coil-pin-removal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cubcadetman.com\/cc\/how-tos\/tips-and-tools\/2009\/11\/coil-pin-removal\/","title":{"rendered":"Coil Pin Removal"},"content":{"rendered":"

Spiral Pin Removal<\/strong><\/p>\n

It seems one of the biggest complaints when working on a narrow frame Cub Cadet is the problems encountered in removing the coil pin(s) where the drive shaft connects to the transmission. In the picture below, the pin on the left is a standard roll pin. The picture on the right is a coil or \u201cspiral\u201d pin. (The grease on it indicates its been used.)<\/p>\n

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I used to struggle with removing these pins laying on my back under the Cub Cadet. But with experience I\u2019ve found there\u2019s just enough room to remove the pins using a roll pin punch through the creeper slot. Any time you\u2019re working with spiral pins or roll pins, use a roll pin punch. The little \u201cball\u201d on the end of the punch will help hold the punch in alignment with the spiral or roll pin.<\/p>\n

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(Of course if there\u2019s a creeper installed in the tractor, there\u2019s no room in the creeper slot to do this.) To remove the spiral pin place a light below the frame so you can see what you\u2019re doing, and rotate the driveshaft so the end of the spiral pin is lined up with the creeper slot in the frame.<\/p>\n

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If the pin doesn\u2019t come out easily, you may have to hold the roll pin punch with a pair of pliers or vice grips. It beats getting your fingers smashed when something slips.\u00a0 I always replace all the spiral pins with new pins when I reassemble the drive shaft.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve discovered with experience that I have better luck if I remove the rear most spiral pin and leave the connecting collar connected to the drive shaft. However, if the rear pin is too stubborn I remove the front pin instead.<\/p>\n

To reconnect the collar, slide the drive shaft end and collar into position and insert a \u00bc\u201d X \u00be\u201d bolt through the connection. Use electrician\u2019s tape to hold the bolt in position to maintain the alignment as you reinsert the spiral pin.\u00a0 With a little patience you can insert the bolt and tape it in place without crawling under the tractor.<\/p>\n

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Here\u2019s where I insert one of those disclaimers that the \u201ctractor was removed\u201d from the above illustration for clarity. In other words, the pictures were taken with the shaft laying on a workbench instead of as it was installed in the tractor. I couldn\u2019t get a good picture with the shaft in place on the tractor.<\/p>\n

Now, since you can\u2019t get your hands in position to hold the spiral pin in place while you drive it in, use electrician\u2019s tape (electrician\u2019s tape again!!!!) to hold the spiral pin in place on the end of the roll punch.<\/p>\n

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Again, use a trouble light to see what you\u2019re doing and rotate the drive shaft (bolt and tape maintaining alignment) to align the hole in the drive shaft and collar with the creeper slot. Insert the roll pin punch with the attached spiral pin through the creeper slot and into the hole in the collar. You\u2019ll have to use a hammer to drive it back into the collar and shaft. As you drive the spiral pin in it will push the bolt out the other side. If your roll pin punch isn\u2019t long enough, you may have to use a regular punch to drive the spiral pin in completely.<\/p>\n

As always, comments and suggestions are welcome.\u00a0 Just drop me an email.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Spiral Pin Removal It seems one of the biggest complaints when working on a narrow frame Cub Cadet is the problems encountered in removing the coil pin(s) where the drive shaft connects to the transmission. In the picture below, the pin on the left is a standard roll pin. The picture on the right is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1050","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tips-and-tools"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4lT6g-gW","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cubcadetman.com\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1050","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cubcadetman.com\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cubcadetman.com\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cubcadetman.com\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cubcadetman.com\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1050"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/cubcadetman.com\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1050\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1064,"href":"https:\/\/cubcadetman.com\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1050\/revisions\/1064"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cubcadetman.com\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1050"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cubcadetman.com\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1050"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cubcadetman.com\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}