nota4re
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Equipment
Case 580M Turbo; Kioti DK4210SE-CH; Kubota L2501 (Traded-in)
We picked up this 42" offset tiller to run behind our Kubota L2501. Everything went well for the first 1/2 hour when suddenly the driveline dis-engaged when the tiller dug up a particularly large rock. We didn't think much of it and began looking for the shear pin.
You need to remove 4 bolts to remove a protective cover for the short driveshaft that goes from the gearbox to the side chain drive. As it turns out the shear pin is missing but the previous owner must have continued driving until final the friction caused so much heat that it effectively welded the driveshaft flange to the shaft for the chain drive. That's the first problem that we need to solve.
Because there was essentially to shear pin... the weakest link broke - which turned out to be the pinion gear.
I have a few questions for the experts.
1. Does anyone recognize this tiller and know what make/model it is? (It has a John Deere decal on it.... but the underside is all orange. There's no mfg tag to be found.
2. Does anyone know where I might be able to source the pinion gear? We definitely need to get a new one.
3. Finally, looking for some ideas in how we can get the u-joint flange off of the shaft. We've used a torch to try to heat the flange - but that hasn't worked. I'm tempted to cut the u-joint flange (abrasive wheel) but open to other/better ideas.
Thanks in advance.
You need to remove 4 bolts to remove a protective cover for the short driveshaft that goes from the gearbox to the side chain drive. As it turns out the shear pin is missing but the previous owner must have continued driving until final the friction caused so much heat that it effectively welded the driveshaft flange to the shaft for the chain drive. That's the first problem that we need to solve.
Because there was essentially to shear pin... the weakest link broke - which turned out to be the pinion gear.
I have a few questions for the experts.
1. Does anyone recognize this tiller and know what make/model it is? (It has a John Deere decal on it.... but the underside is all orange. There's no mfg tag to be found.
2. Does anyone know where I might be able to source the pinion gear? We definitely need to get a new one.
3. Finally, looking for some ideas in how we can get the u-joint flange off of the shaft. We've used a torch to try to heat the flange - but that hasn't worked. I'm tempted to cut the u-joint flange (abrasive wheel) but open to other/better ideas.
Thanks in advance.
