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spelunkersorta
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Quick update... checked with 2 driveline shops, who checked their catalogs (Weasler; Meritor; Spicer; Dana) no luck. Apparently the yoke is a John Deere specific part. Had the driveline shops been able to order it they would have been able to fix my driveshaft for $225. Deere won't sell just the yoke and u-joint, you have to buy the entire front shaft for $560. (If I lived anywhere near GA, I would bribe a worker to bring me one home in their lunchbox). I realize a $3.84 tube of grease and some diligence on my part would have possibly prevented this... HOWEVER... the manual does NOT show these zerks. Furthermore, after looking at my front wheel assist driveshaft it has no grease zerks on either end, while the hidden main driveshaft does. It doesn't take a member of MENSA to realize that could be problematic. For me to service my main driveshaft I will have to drop my mower, reach my hand/grease tube through an opening 1.5 x 6 inches and then bump my motor until the zerk appears. Which after this incident I will be glad :thumbsup: to do. P.S. Kenny D thank you for the link it did help (had I been able to save my yokes) I think I could have got the u-joints through a Kubota dealer. In the true Firefighter spirit, when I break s**t, I break it good!
