My Drott/Case 40BLC stripped the spline of the final drive output shaft and sprocket. The shafts are available. I've failed at finding a new or used sprocket. This is a weak point in these machines.
Is there a successful patch for keeping one of these machines working for a few months or more? Such as set screws in welded on nuts? Set screws on top of shear pins? Or removing the outside pillow block bearing and using a long drill to drill multiple holes into the stripped spline and inserting multiple dowel pins rather like multiple key's would be used?
Also:
Is there a newer bolt on sprocket of similar size that fits the type "C" track chain? I was thinking that a flange could be made and welded to the shaft so that a bolt on sprocket could be used. This option could help a lot of folks keep one of these machines out of the scrap yard.
Is there a successful patch for keeping one of these machines working for a few months or more? Such as set screws in welded on nuts? Set screws on top of shear pins? Or removing the outside pillow block bearing and using a long drill to drill multiple holes into the stripped spline and inserting multiple dowel pins rather like multiple key's would be used?
Also:
Is there a newer bolt on sprocket of similar size that fits the type "C" track chain? I was thinking that a flange could be made and welded to the shaft so that a bolt on sprocket could be used. This option could help a lot of folks keep one of these machines out of the scrap yard.