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beemerphile
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You shouldn’t have to file a part this expensive. Where is their quality control?
Elsewhere or non-existent, I'd say. I figure I'd better quit while I have something I can make work. I made a bit more progress today.
Castle nut and shim off of the pinion gear.
Removed the pinion gear
A couple of shims
Pressed out the shaft (gently, no tonnage)
Removed upper pinion bearing
Here is the broken shaft with half of the stump jumper boss still attached.
I decided to explode the broken shaft to do a parts count on it and maybe salvage the shims and protective washer. At about 20 tons there was a pretty healthy "BANG".
A clean gutted gearbox housing ready for (I hope) reassembly...
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