MTD off-road build (Mobile Terrain Dominator) "1"

Just barely faster than stock, but it's still the fastest off-roader of the group so it doesn't need to go any faster.

lol i think my murray is slow for off roading, and it goes 20 mph maxed out.

I tore down the spare 600 last night just so I could kinda check everything out inside.



Here's the case after I removed almost everything.



The shift cluster, reverse idler, and counter shaft all look good.



Also I found out this one has the newer and more reliable splined countershaft instead of the single keyed one.



Everything looks great! Should be good enough to slap in a tractor if need be.

That looks great in there.

Yeah it sure does. It's nice knowing I have a good working order spare I can throw in a tractor if I break one.

@AllisKidD21 wrote:

I tore down the spare 600 last night just so I could lock, or install a custom live axle!

Fixed that for ya...

You know, the good part about mine being split open, all the slimy oil has already drained out.

Hahaha, I think I'll leave the solid axle business to you.

She looks good in that there. Lucky they're oil filled, makes it easier to clean up so you can fozzy lock it.

Throw that A&W out unless it's cream soda ugh

Yeah the oil filled feature is quite nice. Also the A&W root beer is great man, what are you talking about? Hahaha.

Party pooper. Your already half ways there to lock it... might aswell!


Oh, and I think I have to go with Richie... cream soda over root beer. haha

Naw! root beer is the best! but cream soda has caffeine so

I’ll take a large sweet tea love

Monster for breakfast is my favorite ! lots of caffeine and chemical to start out the day right! back on topic now,.....

Root beer and Dr. Pepper are poisonous man cream soda lifeeeee

Arent they all made by the same company?

Cream soda is good too, but root beer is the one they carry at the gas station in town so thats what i drink the most.

I want a 600 like that one with the splined shafts, look nice and beefy

[mod]@alliskidd21, your thread gets jacked so much. LOL

Casual get back on topic mention.[/mod]

Yes but I new it was gonna happen this time, haha.

Yeah biggas, they are pretty beefy. And the splined countershaft is definitely more reliable that the single keyed one.

What are they generally off of ? i will keep my eyes out for them

@AllisKidD21 wrote:

Yes but I new it was gonna happen this time, haha.

Yeah biggas, they are pretty beefy. And the splined countershaft is definitely more reliable that the single keyed one.

That's why it was a casual mention.

Well they were put in all kinds of lawn tractors in the 70's and what not. Sears, Craftsman, Ford, Jacobsen, Wheel Horse, Roper, etc.

@mightyraze wrote:

@AllisKidD21 wrote:

Yes but I new it was gonna happen this time, haha.

Yeah biggas, they are pretty beefy. And the splined countershaft is definitely more reliable that the single keyed one.

That's why it was a casual mention.  

Hey i tried to bring it back on topic at least! lol

ok allis , i will see about finding one , might put it in my murray !

That'd be cool to see done. I don't think I've seen a Peerless 600 in a 2000's Murray before haha.

I got my steering arms nice and tucked into my rims today.



Also I think I finally got my Ackerman angles right!!!!! Only took a few tries, hahaha.



Made a new steering arm for my drag link as well to drop the ratio a bit.



Much better now, ratio is nicer and the bump steer is pretty minimal. Basically it's better to drive now. Hopefully this is the last of the steering work for a while! Haha

With that suspensions handling so well now you need to pulley swap it and see how it goes down the highway. I like how your tie rod is up out of the way to clear obstacles. It'd be nice if there were some way to do that with your drag link too but there isn't a lot of room for that on these machines.

Yeah the drag link being so low kinda bothers me, the most I think I could do is re-shape it and put the rod end on the top side of the steering arm. I don't know, maybe I'll come up with something.

You will get it figured out. New links look GREAT!