gc2300 no hydraulics.. ball bearing

KWentling · Sep 30, 2019

earndale said:
they are the same just wanted you to see the wear on old shaft end to new one
the bearing still on old shaft i replaced it

I guess it scales differently because the bearing on the old shaft holds it up closer to the camera? Sure fooled me.

irvingj · Oct 1, 2019

Yes, many digital cameras are notorious for getting a "fish eye" effect (distortion) with close-ups. That's why I asked... I've seen it before. Sometimes useful to include a ruler in pics.

earndale, I feel your pain... and you're braver than I! I had a bad weld on my 4WD shift fork, which broke off with only about 500 hrs on my GC2310. There was an obvious lack of heat penetration on it. (GRRRR!!)

I didn't dare tear the whole thing apart, even though the shift fork was in the tranny cover; the whole tractor had to be torn down and the tranny removed & rotated before removing the cover, to keep all the shafts & bearings in place -- which I'm sure you've discovered.

So it cost me about $1200 to replace a $35 part... Seems I saw that ball & spring in there, too -- it's used for detents on the 4WD shift lever, IIRC.

Good luck with your "minor" repair! (Hope my shaft holds up....)

PS-- what year is your 2300? (Mine's a 2007, one of the last ones.)

earndale · Oct 1, 2019

cglaser104 said:
How much money do you wanna spend? Lol

lo i will have about $700 into it when all done...my labor free

earndale · Oct 1, 2019

I think 2007 also.. was my brothers gave to my dad.. I am the mechanic..found that the hour meter is broke... says 480 hrs I write on filter date and hours … which was whe I changed hyd pump..spur gear... lol 2012
go figure so do not know actual hours.. but will fix this weekend... sad not good upkeep... I am in the middle of 84 year old man,, lol will let you know on start up this weekend,,,,..

earndale · Oct 2, 2019

ok good news..all together all hyd. works good yes!!!! sad that one spline shaft runs all gears in trans housing.. poor design... but what can you do spend $15k 10 plus years ago..
but all works good for now lol ….any details you might ask I think I can help....2 times taking apart

ray66v · Oct 2, 2019

earndale said:
ok good news..all together all hyd. works good yes!!!! sad that one spline shaft runs all gears in trans housing.. poor design... but what can you do spend $15k 10 plus years ago..
but all works good for now lol ….any details you might ask I think I can help....2 times taking apart

So, aside from the fact that it's a lot of work to remove the rear end, how would you rate the degree of difficulty to do this replacement on the 10 scale?

Were there any specialty tools required to accomplish this?

cglaser104 · Oct 2, 2019

ray66v said:
So, aside from the fact that it's a lot of work to remove the rear end, how would you rate the degree of difficulty to do this replacement on the 10 scale?

Were there any specialty tools required to accomplish this?

Probably just metric tools instead of standard

earndale · Oct 3, 2019

no special tools metric wrenches lots of patience,, as for me i rate it as 5-6 level very time consuming take pictures if going be apart for awhile
i am a mechanic by trade...

ray66v · Oct 3, 2019

earndale said:
no special tools metric wrenches lots of patience,, as for me i rate it as 5-6 level very time consuming take pictures if going be apart for awhile
i am a mechanic by trade...

Thanks. I am fairly sure this is in my future. And, though I have 40+ years in the auto repair business, It's mostly body repair.

I don't mind a challenge. And, I don't mind even going as far as doing a timing chain, heater core, or even pulling a complicated intake manifold on a late model engine. But, I have always drawn the line at engine, and transmission overhauls. So, I'm not too sure if I want to try and do this myself.

I also hate relying on anyone else to do something. :confused3:

irvingj · Oct 4, 2019

...And there's the conundrum, Ray.

I'm in the same boat as you, as far as experience; went through the service manual umpteen times, visualizing the process in my sleep.... but in the end I chickened out and had a local guy who works on tractors for a living do the job. He went through a fair bit of headaches, too, but he got it done.

Still aggravates me that it was a poor weld from the factory to begin with and cost that much to replace such a small part. I'm sure some of these pics will look familiar to earndale. Oh, yeah -- there's his ball bearing, #6 in the 3rd pic.