DaveMueller
Bronze Member
This is from our Ford 917L flail mower. I can't find any info on exactly what to do with this. All of the roller repair threads are for damaged rollers (cut off the ends and weld them to a new tube), not the end shafts .
It looks like this was a short shaft welded onto the end, inside the broken hole I can see what looks like the machined end of another shaft, or the hole in the end plate isn't a through hole.
The shaft on the other end is worn, looks like the bearing froze and the shaft turned inside the collar.
Grind it clean and try to get it the new shaft as concentric as possible and weld it on?
What type of steel should I use for the shaft, mild steel rod or something harder like tool steel?
New bearings are on the way.
Thanks
Dave
It looks like this was a short shaft welded onto the end, inside the broken hole I can see what looks like the machined end of another shaft, or the hole in the end plate isn't a through hole.
The shaft on the other end is worn, looks like the bearing froze and the shaft turned inside the collar.
Grind it clean and try to get it the new shaft as concentric as possible and weld it on?
What type of steel should I use for the shaft, mild steel rod or something harder like tool steel?
New bearings are on the way.
Thanks
Dave