4 wheel drive wont

[Ronbo]

The parts are real reasonable for this tractor. If the treatment I get is comparable to the the treatment I have had so far, I am sure they will take care of it. My preference would be for them to supply the parts and I provide the labor. I have the press and shop needed to work on this. Kirktold me to not be afraid of opening it up, he was right. It is very straight forward. I will be posting pics later.

Ron

 

[Ronbo]

Just got a call from Kirk. They are going to send my parts out by 2nd day air tomorrow. Should have it working by this weekend.

Sure is nice working with quality people a quality company.

Thanks Kirk and Perry.

Ron

 

[Dargo]

Good deal for you! Glad to hear that customer service is not completely gone!

 

[Ronbo]

Got all the parts. Almost $500 worth at no charge. A couple small problems, but I am sure Kirk will take care of it.

Will keep everyone informed.

Ron

 

[Ronbo]

I got it fixed. Took about 2 hours. Works good. My wife took lots of pictures. I am going to make a how to article. Maybe see if John will put it on his web page.

Ron

 

[SevenCorners]

I would be interested in hearing and seeing the repairs.

 

[Ronbo]

My repair is now on John's site

http://www.johnstractor.com/FrontAxleRepair.html

Thanks John

Ron

 

[johnk]

Very nicely documented. About how long did the total repair take??

John K

 

[Harrygoodwrench]

Ronbo,
outstanding repair documentation. Thank You /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[Ronbo]

Teardown was about 45 minutes. That was to find out what was wrong. It was hidden inside the gear so I couldn't see it. I just happened to grab the gear in one hand and the hub in the other, and it just did not feel right.

I the had to contact Norther Tools and receive my parts.

The actual tear down and rebuild was about 2 hours. That included time for pictures. Much of the cleaning was done during the initial teardown, but I think it would have only added 30 minutes.

Ron

 

[johnk]

Thanks again for the info. Ripping down a front axle on a 4x4 truck would probably have taken longer. It used to take me longer than that to change the U-Joints on my 4x4's frony axle.