Broken bell housing

[Gulli]

f**king livid with myself, split a zetor 3011 to replace a gear putting it back together and broke a piece of the bell housing off on the flywheel side.
Anyone know any good welders in Somerset who would weld it in situ?
Or what are my other options?

On an unrelated note I could do with a new 19mm spanner having dropped mine across the workshop very shortly after breaking the casting

 

[agrimax]

Can we assume you were pulling the engine and bell housing together with the bolts and the spigot shaft and clutch splines weren't lined up?
Did the spanner cross the workshop at a rate of knots and suddenly disappear?

 

[Mursal]

Sorry to hear that, easy done ...........
Can you throw a picture up as there was probably to many bolts in it anyway?

Cast iron (stubs) rods will weld it for you, just depends how hard it is to get room to work.
And consider a bracket to take any strain off the weld (probably never move)


Them 19mm spanners can shift if you get the angle just right .........

 

[Gulli]

Can we assume you were pulling the engine and bell housing together with the bolts and the spigot shaft and clutch splines weren't lined up?
Did the spanner cross the workshop at a rate of knots and suddenly disappear?

Accurate

 

[Gulli]

Sorry to hear that, easy done ...........
Can you throw a picture up as there was probably to many bolts in it anyway?

Cast iron (stubs) rods will weld it for you, just depends how hard it is to get room to work.
And consider a bracket to take any strain off the weld (probably never move)


Them 19mm spanners can shift if you get the angle just right .........

Didn't get any photos. Will get a couple on Monday when I'm back home.
Top two holes on the left hand side plus a piece of bell housing have come off.
Didn't look too closely as I wasn't going to be fixing it this side of Christmas.

 

[Mursal]

No worries, it probably looks worse than it is ..........

 

[Mursal]

The two just behind the injector pump?

 

[Gulli]

The two just behind the injector pump?

Yes.

Oh how I wish my one was that shiny

 

[jf850]

The two just behind the injector pump?

Was that photo taken at The Zetor Gathering , in Kilmihil , Co Clare , 5 or 6 years ago ?
If so , i was in attendance.. It was a beauty, and quite rare , I'd imagine.

 

[Mursal]

No idea, I was trying to get an image in my head what the break looked like.

You will probably end up welding the break and if not big, leaving it at that. After all where is it going to go?
If there is quite a bit broken out, consider making a reinforcement bracket to catch the broken stud holes as well as the other good ones to spread the load. This will take a bit of time to get it to look "factory" after painting. The engine side looks quite flat behind the holes, so mightn't be that hard to do ........

 

[Gulli]

It stuck... Not the prettiest weld but it's not the prettiest tractor.
Thanks for the help.

Ps. Went back together much easier the second time

 

[agrimax]

Give it grind and a lick of red oxide or a drop of black grease and it'll never be seen!!

 

[Gulli]

Give it grind and a lick of red oxide or a drop of black grease and it'll never be seen!!

Can't get a grinder in there but I'll splash a bit of paint on it.
Will be covered in its usual layer of oil and sh!t in a week or two anyway

 

[Mursal]

If you could get a baby grinder in?
And then mix a bit of Isopon P40 (or equivalent) and just take the edges off the weld with a bit on your finger, then paint.

Tidy repair ..........

 

[TheTallGuy]

Can't get a grinder in there but I'll splash a bit of paint on it.
Will be covered in its usual layer of oil and sh!t in a week or two anyway

You'd get a die grinder in there.

 

[Ukjay]

Can't get a grinder in there but I'll splash a bit of paint on it.
Will be covered in its usual layer of oil and sh!t in a week or two anyway

Use Tungsten Carbide Rotary Burrs - they would help you smooth the weld out.

 

[Gulli]

You'd get a die grinder in there.

I have one kicking around somewhere I think. Good idea

 

[Gulli]

If you could get a baby grinder in?
And then mix a bit of Isopon P40 (or equivalent) and just take the edges off the weld with a bit on your finger, then paint.

Tidy repair ..........

I missed off the ugly uphill fiddly weld but its back together.

Although judging by the way the clutch is now not working properly I might have to split it again. Not as much play in new pto gears

 

[Mursal]

Oh dear that's a pity .........
The weld looks well by the way, that cast isn't easy to do

 

[Kevtherev]

Zetor cast not the easiest to weld it’s sometimes porous and soaks the oil up.[emoji51]