As some of you know I have been trying to locate a input shaft for a early 2096. Both early and late shafts are no longer available from CNH so a search for a good used one has been a disappointment as the only early shaft we could locate turned out to be defective also. So now it's on to plan B, we did find two shafts for later tractors and I purchased one and delivered it to a local machine shop to be modified to work in our early unit. This later one as you see has a thicker gear and is slightly longer. After the gear is cut down the shaft will still be a bit long so the splines on the other end will have to be shortened. It looks like this should work. I will post a pick of the finished shaft. Rod.