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BBgarage


Joined: Dec 6, 2005
Points: 98

Disc-O-matic
Original Message   Dec 11, 2005 11:01 pm
Can someone please explain how exactly the disc-o-matic works so I don't take mine apart to try to figure it out for myself?

Note: I know how to USE it, but am not quite sure how exactly it functions.

Hell, I understand DSGs, Auto trannys, SMGs, manuals, and CVTs more than I understand this.
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faithfulFrank


He is no fool who gives up what he cannot keep
to gain what he cannot lose....


Location: Batavia, N.Y.
Joined: Jan 20, 2004
Points: 1067

Re: Disc-O-matic
Reply #12   Dec 15, 2005 3:18 pm
Yes, the rubber wheel does sometimes have to be replaced if it starts breaking apart. Here's a picture.

This was replaced by my friend Jim, who has a heated shop...I was going to do it, but it is too cold out for me...this is a summertime job....Jim did it for me yesterday....it is a friends snowblower.

Frank D.

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Garandman


Location: South Boston, MA
Joined: Mar 10, 2005
Points: 341

Re: Disc-O-matic
Reply #13   Dec 17, 2005 9:04 am
faithfulFrank wrote:
Yes, the rubber wheel does sometimes have to be replaced if it starts breaking apart.

That's ugly!
nibbler


Joined: Mar 5, 2004
Points: 751

Faster Reverse would be nice
Reply #14   Dec 17, 2005 1:40 pm
I sometimes wish that reverse was controlled by a mechanism that is separate from and independant of the speed control. That way you could have just as many forward as reverse speeds. Either that or a shift lever that moves further. There are a lot of times where I want to move the machine backwards and "R2" is just too slow If its a safety issue then you could make it so that to go faster than "R2" you have to make a concious effort of some sort. I.E. Move lever to right, push forward and then continue moving it right.
zippo2008


Joined: Sep 3, 2008
Points: 6

Re: Disc-O-matic
Reply #15   Sep 4, 2008 12:47 pm
hi everyone,

can somebody explain this disc-o-matic system ?

do you need to stop the snowblower's moment in order to switch gears ?

thanks for any info.
coasteray


El Toro! 1028 LXE
Tecumseh 358cc
10hp


Location: NE Washington State
Joined: Mar 3, 2008
Points: 142

Re: Disc-O-matic
Reply #16   Oct 18, 2008 6:11 am
Zippo.  Hi, there.  Yes, you do have to stop to change gears.  Same for reverse.  Only the Honda hydrostatic trannys allow you to shift as you keep moving.  But then, they don't have power steering.  Weird.

Update:  I wasn't so clear when I posted my first comment.  I was thinking of saving unneccesry wear on the rubber portion of the one disc.  You can shift while moving, but I'd prefer avoiding that possible extra wear.  It's certainly not a mechanical problem to change forward gears, or the reverse gears, but never go from forward to reverse, or vice versa, unless you stop beforehand.
This message was modified Nov 7, 2008 by coasteray


  El Toro! 1028 LXE - Tecumseh 358cc 10hp   Let it snow! Let it snow! Let it snow!
Snowmann


Joined: Dec 3, 2003
Points: 494

Re: Disc-O-matic
Reply #17   Oct 18, 2008 10:12 am
coasteray wrote:
Zippo.  Hi, there.  Yes, you do have to stop to change gears.  Same for reverse.  Only the Honda hydrostatic trannys allow you to shift as you keep moving.  But then, they don't have power steering.  Weird. 

Actually you can shift on the fly. Just not from forward to reverse or vice versa or you could rupture the friction disk.

PK
snowblowerguy


Joined: Oct 31, 2008
Points: 16

Re: Disc-O-matic
Reply #18   Oct 31, 2008 10:08 pm
in simple terms there are 2 disks one with a rubber outer surface and perpendicular to each other that contact and the farther out one moves the faster you go
coasteray


El Toro! 1028 LXE
Tecumseh 358cc
10hp


Location: NE Washington State
Joined: Mar 3, 2008
Points: 142

Re: Disc-O-matic
Reply #19   Nov 7, 2008 4:24 am
coasteray wrote:
Zippo.  Hi, there.  Yes, you do have to stop to change gears.  Same for reverse.  Only the Honda hydrostatic trannys allow you to shift as you keep moving.  But then, they don't have power steering.  Weird. 

I wasn't so clear when I posted my first comment.  I was thinking of saving unneccessry wear on the rubber portion of the one disc.  You can shift while moving, but I'd prefer avoiding that possible extra wear.  It's certainly not a mechanical problem to change forward gears, or the reverse gears, but never go from forward to reverse, or vice versa, unless you stop beforehand.

  El Toro! 1028 LXE - Tecumseh 358cc 10hp   Let it snow! Let it snow! Let it snow!
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