Sorry, not true, the outer shaft is visible.
Lets show a animated movie.
Input shaft, the shaft with the spline on the right side.
Swash plate, the light blue part which is regulating the pumped volume.
The grey block in the middle with the plungers in it, which is the hydraulic motor and pump...
JD up to 105hp are all yanmar engines. Open the bonnet, look closely, somwhere there's a sticker with "Yanmar" on it. Even, the 2014 JD 2032R is except for the bonnet completely Yanmar.
Well Freightboy, for the input shaft you're correct, for what makes the wheels turn you're not. Actually, the first big cylindrical part (with the sloped surface) what is situated on the input shaft is what makes the wheels turn. The shaft protruding on the left is actually the input shaft. The...