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Old 07-09-2016, 10:10 AM
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Originally Posted by ironman View Post
You've got nothing to lose by trying to weld it but I can't see it working unless you're really good.
A quick search on eBay got this....
http://www.ebay.com/itm/IH-Cub-Cadet...8AAOSwXeJXeFWj
That is exactly what I need, thank you.


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Originally Posted by john hall View Post
You need a spindle, not a repair job unfortunately. I've worked with quite a few professional welders and all of them would back away from trying to weld that, its just not going to hold. Even if it were "V'd" out and put in a jig for welding, the concentricity between the 2 pieces of shaft would probably be out so much you couldn't get it back through the axle. Ask yourself this, what if it next time it breaks the front end makes a sudden dart toward a building, ditch, curb, parked car----you may have a lot bigger problems. Not trying to be pessimistic, but welding this up as a satisfactory repair isn't very likely.
You are probably correct, its been welded once before like that, and I always wandered how I was going to fix the spindle if I wanted to take it apart.
The picture of the ones on ebay have the arm solid on top, was the one I have drilled through to get the weld on top of the spindle to the arm?
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