Tractor front axle calamity; crisis averted?

   / Tractor front axle calamity; crisis averted?
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#11  
^ Lol. Excellent rant, roust. I didn't mean to gripe. But replacing the majority of parts inside just one portal axle on this machine could cost one well over a thousand dollars, on a machine that's only worth maybe 10k. In other words, more than my entire 3 week camper trip (fuel, and campground fees anyway). By the way I pull my 12 year old camper with my 19 year old truck, so, yeah. So maybe I WILL just gripe a bit, haha. 🤪

Thanks Dave for that crucial tip. I had two snap rings to remove. The first, inner one that holds everything together was small and appeared symmetrical, but I'll double check. The inner one definitely had some complexity that I didn't initially understand. I would have marked it with a paint marker if I knew your tip ahead of time!
 
   / Tractor front axle calamity; crisis averted? #12  
^ Lol. Excellent rant, roust. I didn't mean to gripe. But replacing the majority of parts inside just one portal axle on this machine could cost one well over a thousand dollars, on a machine that's only worth maybe 10k. In other words, more than my entire 3 week camper trip (fuel, and campground fees anyway). By the way I pull my 12 year old camper with my 19 year old truck, so, yeah. So maybe I WILL just gripe a bit, haha. 🤪

Thanks Dave for that crucial tip. I had two snap rings to remove. The first, inner one that holds everything together was small and appeared symmetrical, but I'll double check. The inner one definitely had some complexity that I didn't initially understand. I would have marked it with a paint marker if I knew your tip ahead of time!
The way I see it, the rant was a totally unjustified and unnecessary attack....on YOU!
 
   / Tractor front axle calamity; crisis averted? #13  
The way I see it, the rant was a totally unjustified and unnecessary attack....on YOU!

Yes, I don’t really see the point of it either. Anyone is going to complain about having to spend 1,000 or more on unplanned repairs. The op never claimed he couldn’t afford it or tried asking for handouts or any such thing.
 
   / Tractor front axle calamity; crisis averted? #14  
All I wanna know is what planet the OP lives on that Messicks only charges him $6.95 for shipping! I buy a simple exhaust gasket and it's $17 to pack it up and mail it!
 
   / Tractor front axle calamity; crisis averted? #15  
I ordered a small gasket on amazon. Free shipping on a $3.00 part. Showed up in 2 days in a medium sized box. … i could have fit 1,000 of the gaskets in that box….. I dont know how they do it. I bet shipping cost them more than the part i paid for.

shipping is weird……
 
   / Tractor front axle calamity; crisis averted? #16  
Dont make sense. You have enough money to haul a camper all over but gripe about how much parts cost for an old tractor. Kinda like me and another fella in a 300k mile welding truck did a three week job for an oilfield company. Oh they just had to have it done. Worked three weeks night and day living out of vending machines to get it done. Oh they sent it right out. It was platforms for these 15,000 psi gas valves they use to flow gas wells with. Then this fella drove up in his PLATINUM F250 4X4 with new cowboy hat, pressed shirt, creased pants, snd those pointy toed alligator skin boots, telling us how he wasn't going to be able to pay us. I hate that crap. The welder gave his truck away to settle some debts and went to be a weld inspector for Exxon in the desert southwest. He's about to lose his house. Of course I help him all I can. He's a good fella. Oilfield companies have all seemed to be trash to deal with. When they call you after a year to do something, they'll pay you for last year before we go. Then you wait on that money. Or they say they lost the ticket and cant pay anything over 90 days old. Excuse after excuse. I'm just ranting. Those guys have trucks, campers, atv's and we have neither nor any of that. Yet, they want but won't pay. My dad told me long ago. It's one thing to not go to work and not get paid, but it's a whole other thing to work all day and not get paid.
You're just a miserable old man, huh? Almost every post you post is ranting about something someone here did (or didn't) do..
 
   / Tractor front axle calamity; crisis averted?
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I triggered him somehow. Too many shysters out in the oil fields, I guess.

Anywhoo, got my parts in yesterday right on time, just before the huge line of severe thunderstorms blew through Michigan and decimated our power grid. 10 gallons through our generator so far... first real long-term test, could be days yet.

I brought everything with me to work (automotive supplier engine dyno lab) so that I can get everything through the parts washers, and lean on my colleagues for expertise in reassembly.

Power outages in southeast Michigan as of Thursday morning:

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   / Tractor front axle calamity; crisis averted? #18  
All I wanna know is what planet the OP lives on that Messicks only charges him $6.95 for shipping! I buy a simple exhaust gasket and it's $17 to pack it up and mail it!
I think the $17 you reference may be for UPS shipping.
I always ask Messick's for USPS shipping if it meets USPS parameters.
Usually much cheaper than UPS!
 
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   / Tractor front axle calamity; crisis averted? #19  
Yes, I don’t really see the point of it either. Anyone is going to complain about having to spend 1,000 or more on unplanned repairs. The op never claimed he couldn’t afford it or tried asking for handouts or any such thing.
That’s my monthly repair bill in an average year with me working on a dirt floor barn until midnight (sometimes). I lost a hydraulic remote cable yesterday. Parts dept left the parts out on the sidewalk for me to pick them up. Brought them with me this morning (6am) and wrenched on it a while.
Fuel bills and repair bills are insane right now due to inflation.
But gas is up only .13 cents per gallon since last year…..riiiiiight. :rolleyes: Lol
 
   / Tractor front axle calamity; crisis averted? #20  
That’s my monthly repair bill in an average year with me working in a dirt floor barn until midnight (sometimes).
Fuel bills and repair bills are insane right now due to inflation.
But gas is up only .13 cents per gallon since last year…..riiiiiight. :rolleyes: Lol
No redi-mix trucks in your area?
 

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