[Keith Davidge]

I have a broken selector gear to engage the tines on my Howard 350, can anybody advise me where I may be able to purchase a replacement?

[shaun]

hi keith and welcome,i had the same problem with one of mine and after lots of phone calls,e-mails with no luck. i got my myself a run down one and salvaged what i could from it.
have you tried engaging the tines permantly,i know its a pain to run but aslong as your drive gear box is working you could use it.

[Keith Davidge]

Hi Shaun. Thanks for the info. The problem I have is that two of the teeth are missing so I do not think that I can engange it permently but I will check.

[Kaegran]

keith

First, if you're going to strip down the gearbox you will need a service manual.  These are available from a number of sources including ebay.  You should also get the parts manual as well which is separate, but usually included.

Here are a couple of places that seem familiar with the Howard rotavators and have gearbox parts in stock :-

1)  Chester Hudson at Tillerparts :-

http://www.mdr.co.uk/tillerparts/tillerparts.html


2)  Keith at Standen Engineering  01353 661111


Both seem knowledgeable and helpful.

I'm contemplating doing a total re-build of a 350 gearbox - never done this before so it could be an interesting project.

HTH

regards

Grant

[shaun]

here is the user manual,i have the others too just pm me and will gladly copy them for you

http://www.allotment-garden.org/assets/rotovator/HOWARD-350-Manual.pdf

[Keith Davidge]

 
Grant.
Thanks for this info I will contact them for a quote.

I have just purchased  the manuals from e-bay.

If I cannot get a replacement at a sensible price I will weld the teeth back and hope that they stay in place.

Keith

[RussellGrief]

Hi Keith,
Just stumbled upon your thread and just asking if you had any success with Keith at Standen in Ely?

I have the same issue with gearbox.

Russ

[mower man]

Hello Russ

If you are still looking for 64316 rotor selector gear,  I have a new one which I no longer require
but as we are not allowed to sell on this forum I have no idea what to do next