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rrlund · Dec 16, 2018

Ok,this goes with the post below. I don't dare drive those wedges any farther,they're going too hard,I'm afraid of breaking the ears off the castings. It's out there 3/4 of an inch. What the H E double hockey sticks is holding it from coming apart?

RCP · Dec 16, 2018

I can't see in the picture, but are the front axle stay bars off under the footboards?

Rich

rrlund · Dec 16, 2018

"I can't see in the picture, but are the front axle stay bars off under the footboards?
Rich"

The whole purpose of internet forums is to make a person feel stupid ain't it? LOL

It hasn't been two months since somebody asked on here about splitting one and I told them not to forget to unhook those arms,then I walk right out there and forget it myself. I wondered why the tires were toeing out so far when I drove those wedges in. Thanks for slapping me in the forehead so I didn't have to do it myself. Bet I won't do that again. LOL

super 55 · Dec 16, 2018

OOOpsies. That would definitely keep you from splitting the tractor.

SPMN · Dec 16, 2018

Glad to see you "Gotter Done" Randy !!!

SPMN · Dec 16, 2018

While your that deep, it's a real good idea to replace the seal behind the clutch spider if you haven't already

rrlund · Dec 16, 2018

Ya,I need to rig up a spanner wrench to get the nut off. I'll be calling you or sending you an email Kent. Somebody has turned down the steering shaft so it has a regular automotive bearing on one end instead of that special bearing and it's hanging up bad when I try to turn one way. It's a later 57 model. There's a couple of heat shields missing too. The one over the manifold and the one in front of the battery.

SPMN · Dec 16, 2018

Randy---My email's open--If you email me, I'll send pictures of the spanner wrench I made---Thanks

rrlund · Dec 16, 2018

I got it. I welded a couple of pins to the outside of a big piece of pipe.

BigPapa53 · Dec 16, 2018

I welded some 1/4” keystock on the edge of a pipe, capped the other end, and welded a 3/4” nut in the center of the cap. The keystock kept breaking off but I got the nut off. Once I had the nut off, I found a piece of pipe that the nut would just go inside of and then welded the keystock vertically on the inside of the pipe and three pieces horizontally as a stop to keep the nut from going into the pipe too far. It worked well.

-Scott

RBoots · Dec 16, 2018

Looks like my 550 right now as well. I'm gonna get rid of it soon, but had to fix the PTO after it quit working quite a few years back. Got it apart, the pin holding the PTO shafts together at the back inside the rear end housing had broken and when I tried to snap the PTO in, it let the guts of the PTO come out of the clutch basket when the shaft slid ahead. Looks like it bent a couple of the PTO clutch pieces and took the teeth off all the fiber disks. Oh well, at least it will be fixed before it's gone. I don't like to sell stuff that has a bunch of stuff wrong with it.

Ross

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