4x4 went out when put on rear dif lock

[mffarmall]

I need to get some parts now. Where is the best place to get them. I.e. best price and shipping. I can by a gasket for $15 and it cost $12 to send it.

 

[greg_g]

Any Jinma dealer can help with parts, but I don't recommend Chinese gaskets.They're typically paper/cork based, and I've consistently found that they rot far too easily. Those you need to replace in the front end should be small enough to cut yourself. Buy a bulk roll of gasket material (oil & gas resistant) from NAPA or equivalent. Use a hammer to tap the gasket material against the piece that needs to be sealed. Tapping will make an impression in the gasket material that is the exact shape/size you need. Than simply cut it out with a heavy duty scissors or box knife. Bolt holes can be made with either a punch or an appropriately sized drill bit.

//greg//

 

[Rich Waugh]

I need to get some parts now. Where is the best place to get them. I.e. best price and shipping. I can by a gasket for $15 and it cost $12 to send it.

I always recommend either Affordable Tractor Sales or RanchHand Supply for Jinma parts. Both of them are extremely knowledgeable and helpful and provide prompt service as well as advice.

If you order something like a large gasket that has to be layered in cardboard and then wrapped, the shipping will be high, as you have seen. That's just unavoidable. However, if you order a bunch of parts including that gasket, they may all be able to come in one package, saving you on the shipping costs. Of course, when you're ordering stuff like axles, gears and other heavy items, the shipping costs can be fairly high no matter what.

The one way to cut shipping costs is to make use of the USPS Flat Rate Priority Mail boxes when your stuff will fit in one of them. You can put up to 70 pounds in one of those boxes and the price is the same as if you only put in half a pound. I've saved hundreds, probably thousands, of dollars over the years using Flat Rate boxes to ship tools and steel to/from the States and my shop here in the Virgin Islands. It only costs $16.50 to ship 70 pounds of steel from anywhere in the States to here in a large Flat Rate box, but would cost well over $200 to ship by UPS or Fedex. Hard to beat a bargain like that! Tommy (Affordable Tractor) and Ronald (RanchHand Supply) both use those Flat Rate boxes whenever they can.

I bought an aftermarket control valve and hose assembly for my FEL from Ronald and it came in a Flat Rate box, and I sold my OEM valve to another guy and sent it in one, too. The OEM valve and hoses weighed just under 50 pounds. BTW, my new loader control is fantastic, compared to the OEM one. If you do much loader work I highly recommend it. It works smoothly , has float and rapid regen, a power-beyond port, and better hoses and fittings, as well as a bracket that mounts it in a more user-friendly way. It took me just about an hour to make the switch. Now I want a larger capacity hydraulic pump for it so can take advantage of its ability to make compound moves.

 

[mffarmall]

Thank you for the information. I forgot about making own gaskets. I was thinking of the liquid tube. But that works better. The only thing that makes me upset is I came up with 11 balls. kind of like the American cycling team- pre-drug bust, that is.

 

[greg_g]

That's why my tool shed includes 3 different sizes of magnet. I'm constantly trolling for that last lost bit. One is a collapsible shirt pocket magnet for tight spaces, picks up a few ounces. Another is a 2" round magnet on a 36" handle for finding stuff in the grass, maybe up to a few pounds. And the third is a big one with a rope eyelet, good for finding/retrieving up to 70 pounds.

//greg//

 

[Rich Waugh]

I've used a metal detector sometimes. Mostly though, a powerful neodymium magnet n a telescoping rod does the trick. I have several small ones made with small but powerful Neodymium magnets on cords, on sticks, on nylon rod, etc. Some have the magnet mounted so it will pick up from all directions and others I have shielded so the magnet can only grab in one direction - those are for when I have to fish a broken gear tooth out of a transmission, for example, and can't have the magnet sticking to the gears and box, etc. Those little neodymium magnets re really handy!

 

[Coyote machine]

Getting Stupid with Hydrolics is a calling.

Hydraulics.

 

[Rich Waugh]

QUOTE: "Anyone who can only think of one way to spell a word obviously lacks imagination.” - Mark Twain

 

[mffarmall]

I got all the parts in the mail. Those two guys were very helpful. But the axle shaft is marked wrong. I got a 12.5 inch shaft and I need a 14.5 around inch shaft. But the price and speed are nice. Measure twice pay for the mail once. I ordered some bearings just to make sure I did not get stopped for a few days. When I am all done I probably will find a bolt and a bearing sitting around after I'm all done.

 

[mffarmall]

Got the signature I usually am working on something and run in to check on a post. Then back at it. I actually communicate here for expert help.