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Bob

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9600 combine machine drive shaft. Cleverly hidden in the grain tank.

The owner sure used this one up!



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It is a good thing you found it before the shaft came apart, and started whipping around. I don't know why some universal joints have grease fittings, and some don't. Stan
 
Those had grease fittings. The replacement does not.

The owner's Dad was driving it, and didn't realize how bad it was shaking.
 
Aw heck throw another u-joint in and install the shaft end for end.
The other side of that ear has lots of life left in it.

:) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :)

Or not.
 
That shaft has a pretty big job. Its runs pretty much the whole machine except the main hydraulic pump and the straw chopper.
 
That is my worst nightmare. It usually takes me a couple of hours to grease that shaft on the 9500. Take off the cover in the grain tank, start combine, bump separator on a couple of times, crawl into grain tank and see if zerk is lined up, if lucky, grease it plenty. The other end has no good way. I usually end up extending the auger a little and then hang upside down over the top of the engine. Then, if that one isn't lined up (because they weren't installed the same on mine) I have to bump the separator again. Thank the good Lord for air grease guns because by that point the only thing I can still move is a pinkie to run the gun.

Luckily, because of the number of hours I put on it in wheat and beans, the combine mechanic said grease it good once a year. He also told me about a neighbor that never greased his. When the back joint flew apart it took apart a nice portion of the grain tank. They ended up using silicone and furnace ducting to piece it back together. Nothing he has lasts very long. That was possibly the worse "innovation" Deere had.
 
Lucky it didn't catch fire. Neighbor had one get bad like yours and got hot. He shut it down when the bin was full and went to the other combine. When he shut it down, the dust buildup in the tube fell onto the hot joint and ignited. When he turned around at the other end of the field so he could see the combine again, the smoke was really rolling. Machine was a total loss.
 
(quoted from post at 12:59:44 10/26/14) Aw heck throw another u-joint in and install the shaft end for end.
The other side of that ear has lots of life left in it.

:) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :)

Or not.
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Unfortunately swapping a drive shaft end for end does not change which side if the yoke carries the load. Since the shaft is driven on one end and is the driver on the other end the load is on opposite sides of the yokes.
 
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