tedward4
Bronze Member
I thought I'd post this and see if anyone else had a similar failure. The MFWD quit working a few months ago and I finally got to fixing it. On the 1710, the front drive shaft is splined on either end with a coupler on each end (one coupler on the transmission output and one on the front axle input). It turned out that the splines were sheared off one end of the drive shaft. The first picture is what the splines should look like, and the second is the damaged ones.
Rather than buying a new shaft and coupler, I welded the coupler onto the shaft (there was still ~1/4" of spline engagement). We'll see how long that holds.
Rather than buying a new shaft and coupler, I welded the coupler onto the shaft (there was still ~1/4" of spline engagement). We'll see how long that holds.