105 drive hub
After installing 2 "weld repaired" drive hubs I decided to order one from Jeff. I ended up replacing the entire drive line; hub, drive shaft, rag joint, and rear coupler. I only intended to get a new front hub, but after describing the symptoms ( loud banging in the drive line ), Jeff suggested I check the entire drive train. DUHHH .......! I found; the coil pin in the rear coupler had worked almost all the way out, and was only stopped by one of the rag joint bolts, the hydro input shaft seal was leaking, the rear coupler was wobbling and the rag joint was tearing ( I think because I..ummm may have over tightened the rag joint bolts 5 years ago. My new problem is how do I drive the rear coupler coil pin through the the hydro input shaft without supporting the shaft, and damaging the shaft bearings. The tractor is not split, and no I don't want to split it! Is there such a thing as a coil pin installation/removal press ? OK that's enough, I really have to ...
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