Broyhill Boom Repair

Our 150 gallon sprayer boom hinge broke and a replacement is no longer made so I had to repair it. The threaded end of the shaft broke off. The shaft must have had the bottom part cast around it. I tried to remove the shaft, but could not get it out, so I decided to drill out the shaft. First I cut the damaged part of the shaft off flush with base. Next I drilled out the old shaft. Then I tapped the base to 3/4 NF thread. The shaft on the boom hinge was 5/8 diameter and the broken-off thread is 5/8 NC . The plan was to make a shaft with a 3/4 NF thread on the bottom and 5/8 shaft and thread on the top. Then I would use some red loctite and thread the newly made shaft into the base, and assemble the hinge. We used the repaired hinge the last time we sprayed and it worked well.

Greens aeration

The procore making holes

The core harvester picking up the cores

Applying the sand

Terra brooms at work brushing the sand in

The completed green

Reel grinding

A short video of grinding

Pride in ones work

I recently worked on a customer's golf cart. The cart had a oil leak which was coming from the sump cover. I removed the engine and put it on the workbench and then I saw it. Someone had tried to repair the leak previously. They had smeared the outside of the block with some kind of sealer. Why do so called mechanics do this? At best it is a short term fix. I see these kind of repairs often and I just shake my head. Are the mechanics just lazy or don't they know any better. I can't say why they do this, but one thing I can say for sure, they don't take pride in their work

Repairing holes

Worn out holes where pins or shafts go through are commonplace. They can easily be repaired by using a copper backing plate and filling in the hole with a welder and redrilling the hole.

Toro grounds master deck repair

The underside of the deck on our groundsmaster takes quite a beating. I decided to reinforce the underside of the deck. First I rolled three 27" diameter rings out of .125 x3" flat stock. I then straightened the underside  of the deck and welded the rings in place. I think the repair turned very well.